Graphics card comparison
GeForce GTX 560 vs Radeon R7 260X
Nvidia
GeForce GTX 560
1024 Mb GDDR5
Released 17 May 2011
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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 560100%
- Radeon R7 260X157%
Relative performance
Gaming performance index
- GeForce GTX 560100%
- Radeon R7 260X107%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider the GeForce GTX 560
- 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- Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Fermi), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications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
- 7% higher gaming performance.
- 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- Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications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 Radeon R7 260X
The Radeon R7 260X is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (1 combinations of games and resolutions).
Specifications
Core configuration
| GeForce GTX 560 | Radeon R7 260X |
|---|
| GPU Name | GF114 (GF114-325-A1) | Bonaire (Bonaire XTX) |
| Fab Process | 40 nm | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 332 mm² | 160 mm² |
| Transistors | 1,950 million | 2,080 million |
| Shaders | 336 | 896 |
| Compute Units | 7 | 14 |
| Core clock | 810 MHz | 1100 MHz |
| ROPs | 32 | 16 |
| TMUs | 56 | 56 |
Memory configuration
| GeForce GTX 560 | Radeon R7 260X |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 256 bit | 128 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1000 MHz
4000 MHz effective | 1625 MHz
6500 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 1024 Mb | 2048 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce GTX 560 | Radeon R7 260X |
|---|
| TDP | 150 watts | 115 watts |
| Release Date | 17 May 2011 | 8 Oct 2013 |
Raw performance comparison
Pixel Rate
- GeForce GTX 56011.30 GP/s
- Radeon R7 260X17.60 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Texel Rate
- GeForce GTX 56045.40 GT/s
- Radeon R7 260X61.60 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Memory bandwidth
- GeForce GTX 560128.00 GB/s
- Radeon R7 260X104.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Single precision performance
- GeForce GTX 5601089.00 GFLOPs
- Radeon R7 260X1971.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
Synthetic benchmarks
3DMark 11
- GeForce GTX 5603980
- Radeon R7 260X6260
Points (higher is better)
Game benchmarks
Medal Of Honor Warfighter
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA
- GeForce GTX 56027
- Radeon R7 260X29
FPS (higher is better)