Graphics card comparison
GeForce GTX 570 vs Radeon R7 260X
Nvidia
GeForce GTX 570
1280 Mb GDDR5
Released 7 Dec 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 570100%
- Radeon R7 260X106%
Relative performance
Gaming performance index
- GeForce GTX 570116%
- Radeon R7 260X100%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider the GeForce GTX 570
- 16% 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- Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Fermi), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications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
- 104 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the GeForce GTX 570 .
- 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- Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications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 570
The GeForce GTX 570 is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (3 combinations of games and resolutions).
Specifications
Core configuration
| GeForce GTX 570 | Radeon R7 260X |
|---|
| GPU Name | GF110 (GF110-275-A1) | Bonaire (Bonaire XTX) |
| Fab Process | 40 nm | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 520 mm² | 160 mm² |
| Transistors | 3,000 million | 2,080 million |
| Shaders | 480 | 896 |
| Compute Units | 15 | 14 |
| Core clock | 732 MHz | 1100 MHz |
| ROPs | 40 | 16 |
| TMUs | 60 | 56 |
Memory configuration
| GeForce GTX 570 | Radeon R7 260X |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 320 bit | 128 bit |
| Memory Speed | 950 MHz
3800 MHz effective | 1625 MHz
6500 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 1280 Mb | 2048 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce GTX 570 | Radeon R7 260X |
|---|
| TDP | 219 watts | 115 watts |
| Release Date | 7 Dec 2010 | 8 Oct 2013 |
Raw performance comparison
Pixel Rate
- GeForce GTX 57022.00 GP/s
- Radeon R7 260X17.60 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Texel Rate
- GeForce GTX 57043.90 GT/s
- Radeon R7 260X61.60 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Memory bandwidth
- GeForce GTX 570152.00 GB/s
- Radeon R7 260X104.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Single precision performance
- GeForce GTX 5701405.00 GFLOPs
- Radeon R7 260X1971.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
Synthetic benchmarks
3DMark 11
- GeForce GTX 5705860
- Radeon R7 260X6260
Points (higher is better)
Game benchmarks
Battlefield 4
DX11, Ultra Quality,2x MSAA,16x AF, HBAO
- GeForce GTX 57034
- Radeon R7 260X33
FPS (higher is better)
Medal Of Honor Warfighter
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA
- GeForce GTX 57037
- Radeon R7 260X29
FPS (higher is better)
Metro Last Light
DX11, AAA standard, 16xAF, Motion Blur normal, Tesselation normal
- GeForce GTX 57031
- Radeon R7 260X26
FPS (higher is better)