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Graphics card overview

Radeon R7 260X

AMD

Radeon R7 260X

2048 Mb GDDR5 Released 8 Oct 2013 DESKTOP
Radeon R7 260X

Core configuration

GPUBonaire
ArchitectureAMD_GCN_1_1
Shaders : TMUs : ROPs896 : 56 : 16
Raytracing Coresnone
Performance1971.00 GFLOPs

Memory configuration

Memory Size2048 Mb
Memory Bus Width128 bit
Memory Speed1625 MHz
6500 MHz effective
Memory Bandwidth104.00 Gb/s

Summary

Relative performance

Performance summary, based on benchmarks charts.

The Radeon R7 260X is a graphics card released by AMD on 8 Oct 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 260X 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  • Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications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
Radeon R7 260X Radeon R7 260X GeForce GTX 750 GeForce GTX 750 Compare GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost Compare Radeon HD 7790 Radeon HD 7790 Compare Radeon HD 7850 Radeon HD 7850 Compare
Shader units 896 512 768 896 1024
ROPs 16 16 24 16 32
Graphics processor Bonaire GM107 GK106 Bonaire Pitcairn
Process size 28 nm 28 nm 28 nm 28 nm 28 nm
Memory 2048 Mb GDDR5 (1625 MHz
6500 MHz effective)		 1024 Mb GDDR5 (1253 MHz
5012 MHz effective)		 2048 Mb GDDR5 (1502 MHz
6008 MHz effective)		 1024 Mb GDDR5 (1500 MHz
6000 MHz effective)		 2048 Mb GDDR5 (1200 MHz
4800 MHz effective)
Memory bus width 128 bit 128 bit 192 bit 128 bit 256 bit
Memory bandwidth 104.00 Gb/s 80.20 Gb/s 144.00 Gb/s 96.00 Gb/s 154.00 Gb/s
Release date 8 Oct 2013 18 Feb 2014 26 Mar 2013 22 Mar 2013 5 Mar 2012

Benchmarks

Bioshock Infinite

  • GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost 27
  • Radeon HD 7850 23
  • GeForce GTX 750 22
  • Radeon R7 260X 22
  • Radeon HD 7790 19

FPS (higher is better)

Battlefield Hardline

  • Radeon R7 260X 11

FPS (higher is better)

Hitman Absolution

  • GeForce GTX 750 32
  • Radeon HD 7850 28
  • GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost 25
  • Radeon R7 260X 23
  • Radeon HD 7790 20

FPS (higher is better)