Graphics card comparison
Radeon Vega 8 vs Radeon R7 260X
AMD
Radeon Vega 8
0 Mb System Shared
Released 13 Feb 2018
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VS
AMD
Radeon R7 260X
2048 Mb GDDR5
Released 8 Oct 2013
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Summary
Reasons to consider the Radeon Vega 8
- 50 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the Radeon R7 260X .
- This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support.
- 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- Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications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 260X
- 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- Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications
Our verdict
No clear winner declared
We have no data to declare a winner at this time.
Specifications
Core configuration
| Radeon Vega 8 | Radeon R7 260X |
|---|
| GPU Name | Raven Ridge () | Bonaire (Bonaire XTX) |
| Fab Process | 14 nm | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 210 mm² | 160 mm² |
| Transistors | 4,940 million | 2,080 million |
| Shaders | 512 | 896 |
| Compute Units | 8 | 14 |
| Core clock | 300 MHz | 1100 MHz |
| ROPs | 16 | 16 |
| TMUs | 32 | 56 |
Memory configuration
| Radeon Vega 8 | Radeon R7 260X |
|---|
| Memory Type | System Shared | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | System Shared | 128 bit |
| Memory Speed | System Shared | 1625 MHz
6500 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 0 Mb | 2048 Mb |
Additional details
| Radeon Vega 8 | Radeon R7 260X |
|---|
| TDP | 65 watts | 115 watts |
| Release Date | 13 Feb 2018 | 8 Oct 2013 |
Raw performance comparison
Pixel Rate
- Radeon Vega 817.60 GP/s
- Radeon R7 260X17.60 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Texel Rate
- Radeon Vega 835.20 GT/s
- Radeon R7 260X61.60 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Memory bandwidth
- Radeon Vega 80.00 GB/s
- Radeon R7 260X104.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Single precision performance
- Radeon Vega 81126.00 GFLOPs
- Radeon R7 260X1971.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better