Graphics card comparison
Radeon R7 260 vs Radeon R7 265
AMD
Radeon R7 260
2048 Mb GDDR5
Released 17 Dec 2013
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VS
AMD
Radeon R7 265
2048 Mb GDDR5
Released 13 Feb 2014
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Summary
Reasons to consider the Radeon R7 260
- 55 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- Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications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
- 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- Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications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
No clear winner declared
We have no data to declare a winner at this time.
Specifications
Core configuration
| Radeon R7 260 | Radeon R7 265 |
|---|
| GPU Name | Bonaire (Bonaire PRO) | Pitcairn (Pitcairn PRO) |
| Fab Process | 28 nm | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 160 mm² | 212 mm² |
| Transistors | 2,080 million | 2,800 million |
| Shaders | 768 | 1024 |
| Compute Units | 12 | 16 |
| Core clock | 1000 MHz | 900 MHz |
| ROPs | 16 | 32 |
| TMUs | 48 | 64 |
Memory configuration
| Radeon R7 260 | 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 | 2048 Mb | 2048 Mb |
Additional details
| Radeon R7 260 | Radeon R7 265 |
|---|
| TDP | 95 watts | 150 watts |
| Release Date | 17 Dec 2013 | 13 Feb 2014 |
Raw performance comparison
Pixel Rate
- Radeon R7 26016.00 GP/s
- Radeon R7 26529.60 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Texel Rate
- Radeon R7 26048.00 GT/s
- Radeon R7 26559.20 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Memory bandwidth
- Radeon R7 26096.00 GB/s
- Radeon R7 265179.20 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Single precision performance
- Radeon R7 2601536.00 GFLOPs
- Radeon R7 2651894.40 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better