Graphics card comparison
Radeon HD 6970 vs Radeon R7 260X
AMD
Radeon HD 6970
2048 Mb GDDR5
Released 14 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
- Radeon HD 6970100%
- Radeon R7 260X104%
Relative performance
Gaming performance index
- Radeon HD 6970103%
- Radeon R7 260X100%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider the Radeon HD 6970
- Based on an outdated architecture (ATI TeraScale), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications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 Radeon HD 6970 .
- 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- Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications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
No clear winner declared
These graphics cards seems to have comparable performance based on the game benchmark suite used (6 combinations of games and resolutions).
Specifications
Core configuration
| Radeon HD 6970 | Radeon R7 260X |
|---|
| GPU Name | Cayman (Cayman XT) | Bonaire (Bonaire XTX) |
| Fab Process | 40 nm | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 389 mm² | 160 mm² |
| Transistors | 2,640 million | 2,080 million |
| Shaders | 1536 | 896 |
| Compute Units | 24 | 14 |
| Core clock | 880 MHz | 1100 MHz |
| ROPs | 32 | 16 |
| TMUs | 96 | 56 |
Memory configuration
| Radeon HD 6970 | Radeon R7 260X |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 256 bit | 128 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1375 MHz
5500 MHz effective | 1625 MHz
6500 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 2048 Mb | 2048 Mb |
Additional details
| Radeon HD 6970 | Radeon R7 260X |
|---|
| TDP | 250 watts | 115 watts |
| Release Date | 14 Dec 2010 | 8 Oct 2013 |
Raw performance comparison
Pixel Rate
- Radeon HD 697028.20 GP/s
- Radeon R7 260X17.60 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Texel Rate
- Radeon HD 697084.50 GT/s
- Radeon R7 260X61.60 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Memory bandwidth
- Radeon HD 6970176.00 GB/s
- Radeon R7 260X104.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Single precision performance
- Radeon HD 69702703.00 GFLOPs
- Radeon R7 260X1971.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
Synthetic benchmarks
3DMark 11
- Radeon HD 69706000
- Radeon R7 260X6260
Points (higher is better)
Game benchmarks
Battlefield 4
DX11, Ultra Quality,2x MSAA,16x AF, HBAO
- Radeon HD 697033
- Radeon R7 260X33
FPS (higher is better)
Bioshock Infinite
DX11, Ultra Quality,DDOD, FX AA
- Radeon HD 697038
- Radeon R7 260X33
FPS (higher is better)
Crysis 3
DX11,Very High Quality, FXAA
- Radeon HD 697023
- Radeon R7 260X23
FPS (higher is better)
Medal Of Honor Warfighter
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA
- Radeon HD 697031
- Radeon R7 260X29
FPS (higher is better)
Metro Last Light
DX11, AAA standard, 16xAF, Motion Blur normal, Tesselation normal
- Radeon HD 697024
- Radeon R7 260X26
FPS (higher is better)
Bioshock Infinite
DX11, Ultra, DDOD, FXAA
- Radeon HD 697024
- Radeon R7 260X22
FPS (higher is better)