Graphics card comparison
Radeon HD 7790 vs Radeon R7 260X
AMD
Radeon HD 7790
1024 Mb GDDR5
Released 22 Mar 2013
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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 7790100%
- Radeon R7 260X102%
Relative performance
Gaming performance index
- Radeon HD 7790100%
- Radeon R7 260X104%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider the Radeon HD 7790
- 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- Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications
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- Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications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
| Radeon HD 7790 | Radeon R7 260X |
|---|
| GPU Name | Bonaire (Bonaire XT) | Bonaire (Bonaire XTX) |
| Fab Process | 28 nm | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 160 mm² | 160 mm² |
| Transistors | 2,080 million | 2,080 million |
| Shaders | 896 | 896 |
| Compute Units | 14 | 14 |
| Core clock | 1000 MHz | 1100 MHz |
| ROPs | 16 | 16 |
| TMUs | 56 | 56 |
Memory configuration
| Radeon HD 7790 | Radeon R7 260X |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 128 bit | 128 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1500 MHz
6000 MHz effective | 1625 MHz
6500 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 1024 Mb | 2048 Mb |
Additional details
| Radeon HD 7790 | Radeon R7 260X |
|---|
| TDP | 85 watts | 115 watts |
| Release Date | 22 Mar 2013 | 8 Oct 2013 |
Raw performance comparison
Pixel Rate
- Radeon HD 779016.00 GP/s
- Radeon R7 260X17.60 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Texel Rate
- Radeon HD 779056.00 GT/s
- Radeon R7 260X61.60 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Memory bandwidth
- Radeon HD 779096.00 GB/s
- Radeon R7 260X104.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Single precision performance
- Radeon HD 77901792.00 GFLOPs
- Radeon R7 260X1971.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
Synthetic benchmarks
3DMark 11
- Radeon HD 77906110
- Radeon R7 260X6260
Points (higher is better)
Game benchmarks
Battlefield 4
DX11, Ultra Quality,2x MSAA,16x AF, HBAO
- Radeon HD 779033
- Radeon R7 260X33
FPS (higher is better)
Bioshock Infinite
DX11, Ultra Quality,DDOD, FX AA
- Radeon HD 779033
- Radeon R7 260X33
FPS (higher is better)
Crysis 3
DX11,Very High Quality, FXAA
- Radeon HD 779021
- Radeon R7 260X23
FPS (higher is better)
Hitman Absolution
DX11, High Quality, 2x MSAA, 16x AF
- Radeon HD 779034
- Radeon R7 260X33
FPS (higher is better)
Medal Of Honor Warfighter
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA
- Radeon HD 779030
- Radeon R7 260X29
FPS (higher is better)
Metro Last Light
DX11, AAA standard, 16xAF, Motion Blur normal, Tesselation normal
- Radeon HD 779025
- Radeon R7 260X26
FPS (higher is better)
Bioshock Infinite
DX11, Ultra, DDOD, FXAA
- Radeon HD 779019
- Radeon R7 260X22
FPS (higher is better)
Hitman Absolution
DX11, High Quality, 2x MSAA, 16x AF
- Radeon HD 779020
- Radeon R7 260X23
FPS (higher is better)