Graphics card comparison
GeForce GTX 480 vs Radeon R7 260X
Nvidia
GeForce GTX 480
1536 Mb GDDR5
Released 26 Mar 2010
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VS
AMD
Radeon R7 260X
2048 Mb GDDR5
Released 8 Oct 2013
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Summary
Synthetic performance index
- GeForce GTX 480100%
- Radeon R7 260X109%
Relative performance
Gaming performance index
- GeForce GTX 480117%
- Radeon R7 260X100%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider the GeForce GTX 480
- 17% higher gaming performance.
- Supports PhysX
- Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Fermi), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications
Reasons to consider the Radeon R7 260X
- 135 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the GeForce GTX 480 .
- This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support.
- Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute
- Supports FreeSync
- Supports ReLive (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
- Supports TrueAudio
- Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications
Our verdict
HWSpot recommends the GeForce GTX 480
The GeForce GTX 480 is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (3 combinations of games and resolutions).
Specifications
Core configuration
| GeForce GTX 480 | Radeon R7 260X |
|---|
| GPU Name | GF100 (GF100-375-A3) | Bonaire (Bonaire XTX) |
| Fab Process | 40 nm | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 529 mm² | 160 mm² |
| Transistors | 3,100 million | 2,080 million |
| Shaders | 480 | 896 |
| Compute Units | 15 | 14 |
| Core clock | 701 MHz | 1100 MHz |
| ROPs | 48 | 16 |
| TMUs | 60 | 56 |
Memory configuration
| GeForce GTX 480 | Radeon R7 260X |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 384 bit | 128 bit |
| Memory Speed | 924 MHz
3696 MHz effective | 1625 MHz
6500 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 1536 Mb | 2048 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce GTX 480 | Radeon R7 260X |
|---|
| TDP | 250 watts | 115 watts |
| Release Date | 26 Mar 2010 | 8 Oct 2013 |
Raw performance comparison
Pixel Rate
- GeForce GTX 48021.00 GP/s
- Radeon R7 260X17.60 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Texel Rate
- GeForce GTX 48042.10 GT/s
- Radeon R7 260X61.60 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Memory bandwidth
- GeForce GTX 480177.00 GB/s
- Radeon R7 260X104.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Single precision performance
- GeForce GTX 4801345.00 GFLOPs
- Radeon R7 260X1971.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
Synthetic benchmarks
3DMark 11
- GeForce GTX 4805700
- Radeon R7 260X6260
Points (higher is better)
Game benchmarks
Bioshock Infinite
DX11, Ultra, DDOD, FXAA
- GeForce GTX 48024
- Radeon R7 260X22
FPS (higher is better)
Bioshock Infinite
DX11, Ultra Quality,DDOD, FX AA
- GeForce GTX 48039
- Radeon R7 260X33
FPS (higher is better)
Medal Of Honor Warfighter
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA
- GeForce GTX 48036
- Radeon R7 260X29
FPS (higher is better)