Graphics card comparison
GeForce GTX 750 vs Radeon R7 260X
Nvidia
GeForce GTX 750
1024 Mb GDDR5
Released 18 Feb 2014
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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 750100%
- Radeon R7 260X129%
Relative performance
Gaming performance index
- GeForce GTX 750107%
- Radeon R7 260X100%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider the GeForce GTX 750
- 7% higher gaming performance.
- 60 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the Radeon R7 260X .
- Supports PhysX
- Supports G-Sync
- Supports ShadowPlay (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
- Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Maxwell), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications
Reasons to consider the Radeon R7 260X
- 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- Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications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
No clear winner declared
These graphics cards seems to have comparable performance based on the game benchmark suite used (8 combinations of games and resolutions).
Specifications
Core configuration
| GeForce GTX 750 | Radeon R7 260X |
|---|
| GPU Name | GM107 (GM107-300-A2) | Bonaire (Bonaire XTX) |
| Fab Process | 28 nm | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 148 mm² | 160 mm² |
| Transistors | 1,870 million | 2,080 million |
| Shaders | 512 | 896 |
| Compute Units | 4 | 14 |
| Core clock | 1020 MHz | 1100 MHz |
| ROPs | 16 | 16 |
| TMUs | 32 | 56 |
Memory configuration
| GeForce GTX 750 | Radeon R7 260X |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 128 bit | 128 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1253 MHz
5012 MHz effective | 1625 MHz
6500 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 1024 Mb | 2048 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce GTX 750 | Radeon R7 260X |
|---|
| TDP | 55 watts | 115 watts |
| Release Date | 18 Feb 2014 | 8 Oct 2013 |
Raw performance comparison
Pixel Rate
- GeForce GTX 75016.32 GP/s
- Radeon R7 260X17.60 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Texel Rate
- GeForce GTX 75032.60 GT/s
- Radeon R7 260X61.60 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Memory bandwidth
- GeForce GTX 75080.20 GB/s
- Radeon R7 260X104.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Single precision performance
- GeForce GTX 7501044.50 GFLOPs
- Radeon R7 260X1971.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
Synthetic benchmarks
3DMark 11
- GeForce GTX 7504830
- Radeon R7 260X6260
Points (higher is better)
Game benchmarks
Battlefield 4
DX11, Ultra Quality,2x MSAA,16x AF, HBAO
- GeForce GTX 75032
- Radeon R7 260X33
FPS (higher is better)
Bioshock Infinite
DX11, Ultra Quality,DDOD, FX AA
- GeForce GTX 75041
- Radeon R7 260X33
FPS (higher is better)
Crysis 3
DX11,Very High Quality, FXAA
- GeForce GTX 75021
- Radeon R7 260X23
FPS (higher is better)
Hitman Absolution
DX11, High Quality, 2x MSAA, 16x AF
- GeForce GTX 75033
- Radeon R7 260X33
FPS (higher is better)
Medal Of Honor Warfighter
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA
- GeForce GTX 75032
- Radeon R7 260X29
FPS (higher is better)
Metro Last Light
DX11, AAA standard, 16xAF, Motion Blur normal, Tesselation normal
- GeForce GTX 75025
- Radeon R7 260X26
FPS (higher is better)
Bioshock Infinite
DX11, Ultra, DDOD, FXAA
- GeForce GTX 75022
- Radeon R7 260X22
FPS (higher is better)
Hitman Absolution
DX11, High Quality, 2x MSAA, 16x AF
- GeForce GTX 75032
- Radeon R7 260X23
FPS (higher is better)