Graphics card overview
Radeon R7 260
AMD
Radeon R7 260
2048 Mb GDDR5
Released 17 Dec 2013
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Core configuration
| GPU | Bonaire |
| Architecture | AMD_GCN_1_1 |
| Shaders : TMUs : ROPs | 768 : 48 : 16 |
| Raytracing Cores | none |
| Performance | 1536.00 GFLOPs |
Memory configuration
| Memory Size | 2048 Mb |
| Memory Bus Width | 128 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1500 MHz
6000 MHz effective |
| Memory Bandwidth | 96.00 Gb/s |
Summary
Relative performance
Performance summary, based on benchmarks charts.
The Radeon R7 260 is a graphics card released by AMD on 17 Dec 2013. The graphics card houses the Bonaire die, based on the AMD_GCN_1_1 architecture which packs 2,080 million transistors on a 28 nm, 160 mm² die.
Radeon R7 260 pros and cons
- 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- Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications
Specifications
Compared to similar performing cards
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Radeon R7 260
|
GeForce GTX 750 Ti
Compare
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| Shader units |
768 |
640 |
| ROPs |
16 |
16 |
| Graphics processor |
Bonaire |
GM107 |
| Process size |
28 nm |
28 nm |
| Memory |
2048 Mb GDDR5 (1500 MHz
6000 MHz effective) |
2048 Mb GDDR5 (1350 MHz
5400 MHz effective) |
| Memory bus width |
128 bit |
128 bit |
| Memory bandwidth |
96.00 Gb/s |
86.40 Gb/s |
| Release date |
17 Dec 2013 |
18 Feb 2014 |
Benchmarks
Grand Theft Auto V
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GeForce GTX 750 Ti
34
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Radeon R7 260
29
FPS (higher is better)
Grand Theft Auto V
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GeForce GTX 750 Ti
23
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Radeon R7 260
21
FPS (higher is better)