Graphics card comparison
Radeon HD 7790 vs Radeon R7 265
AMD
Radeon HD 7790
1024 Mb GDDR5
Released 22 Mar 2013
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VS
AMD
Radeon R7 265
2048 Mb GDDR5
Released 13 Feb 2014
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Summary
Synthetic performance index
- Radeon HD 7790100%
- Radeon R7 265112%
Relative performance
Gaming performance index
- Radeon HD 7790100%
- Radeon R7 265137%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider the Radeon HD 7790
- 65 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the Radeon R7 265 .
- 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- Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications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 265
- 37% higher gaming performance.
- This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support.
- Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute
- Supports ReLive (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
- Supports Mantle
- Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications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 265
The Radeon R7 265 is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (8 combinations of games and resolutions).
Specifications
Core configuration
| Radeon HD 7790 | Radeon R7 265 |
|---|
| GPU Name | Bonaire (Bonaire XT) | Pitcairn (Pitcairn PRO) |
| Fab Process | 28 nm | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 160 mm² | 212 mm² |
| Transistors | 2,080 million | 2,800 million |
| Shaders | 896 | 1024 |
| Compute Units | 14 | 16 |
| Core clock | 1000 MHz | 900 MHz |
| ROPs | 16 | 32 |
| TMUs | 56 | 64 |
Memory configuration
| Radeon HD 7790 | Radeon R7 265 |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 128 bit | 256 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1500 MHz
6000 MHz effective | 1400 MHz
5600 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 1024 Mb | 2048 Mb |
Additional details
| Radeon HD 7790 | Radeon R7 265 |
|---|
| TDP | 85 watts | 150 watts |
| Release Date | 22 Mar 2013 | 13 Feb 2014 |
Raw performance comparison
Pixel Rate
- Radeon HD 779016.00 GP/s
- Radeon R7 26529.60 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Texel Rate
- Radeon HD 779056.00 GT/s
- Radeon R7 26559.20 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Memory bandwidth
- Radeon HD 779096.00 GB/s
- Radeon R7 265179.20 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Single precision performance
- Radeon HD 77901792.00 GFLOPs
- Radeon R7 2651894.40 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
Synthetic benchmarks
3DMark 11
- Radeon HD 77906110
- Radeon R7 2656900
Points (higher is better)
Game benchmarks
Battlefield 4
DX11, Ultra Quality,2x MSAA,16x AF, HBAO
- Radeon HD 779033
- Radeon R7 26544
FPS (higher is better)
Bioshock Infinite
DX11, Ultra Quality,DDOD, FX AA
- Radeon HD 779033
- Radeon R7 26546
FPS (higher is better)
Crysis 3
DX11,Very High Quality, FXAA
- Radeon HD 779021
- Radeon R7 26527
FPS (higher is better)
Hitman Absolution
DX11, High Quality, 2x MSAA, 16x AF
- Radeon HD 779034
- Radeon R7 26545
FPS (higher is better)
Medal Of Honor Warfighter
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA
- Radeon HD 779030
- Radeon R7 26539
FPS (higher is better)
Metro Last Light
DX11, AAA standard, 16xAF, Motion Blur normal, Tesselation normal
- Radeon HD 779025
- Radeon R7 26531
FPS (higher is better)
Bioshock Infinite
DX11, Ultra, DDOD, FXAA
- Radeon HD 779019
- Radeon R7 26529
FPS (higher is better)
Hitman Absolution
DX11, High Quality, 2x MSAA, 16x AF
- Radeon HD 779020
- Radeon R7 26532
FPS (higher is better)