Graphics card overview

Radeon R7 265

AMD

Radeon R7 265

2048 Mb GDDR5 Released 13 Feb 2014 DESKTOP

Core configuration

GPU	Pitcairn
Architecture	AMD_GCN_1_0
Shaders : TMUs : ROPs	1024 : 64 : 32
Raytracing Cores	none
Performance	1894.40 GFLOPs

Memory configuration

Memory Size	2048 Mb
Memory Bus Width	256 bit
Memory Speed	1400 MHz 5600 MHz effective
Memory Bandwidth	179.20 Gb/s

Summary

Relative performance

Performance summary, based on benchmarks charts.

The Radeon R7 265 is a graphics card released by AMD on 13 Feb 2014. The graphics card houses the Pitcairn die, based on the AMD_GCN_1_0 architecture which packs 2,800 million transistors on a 28 nm, 212 mm² die.

Radeon R7 265 pros and cons

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Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications

Specifications

Compared to similar performing cards

	Radeon R7 265	GeForce GTX 950 Compare	GeForce GTX 750 Ti Compare	GeForce GTX 750 Compare	Radeon R9 270 Compare
Shader units	1024	768	640	512	1280
ROPs	32	32	16	16	32
Graphics processor	Pitcairn	GM206	GM107	GM107	Curacao
Process size	28 nm	28 nm	28 nm	28 nm	28 nm
Memory	2048 Mb GDDR5 (1400 MHz 5600 MHz effective)	2048 Mb GDDR5 (1653 MHz 6612 MHz effective)	2048 Mb GDDR5 (1350 MHz 5400 MHz effective)	1024 Mb GDDR5 (1253 MHz 5012 MHz effective)	2048 Mb GDDR5 (1400 MHz 5600 MHz effective)
Memory bus width	256 bit	128 bit	128 bit	128 bit	256 bit
Memory bandwidth	179.20 Gb/s	105.80 Gb/s	86.40 Gb/s	80.20 Gb/s	179.00 Gb/s
Release date	13 Feb 2014	20 Aug 2015	18 Feb 2014	18 Feb 2014	13 Nov 2013