GeForce GTX 960 vs Radeon R7 260X
Summary
GeForce GTX 960
165%
Radeon R7 260X
100%
Relative performance
GeForce GTX 960
196%
Radeon R7 260X
100%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 960 |
| 96% higher gaming performance. |
| This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support. |
| Supports PhysX |
| Supports G-Sync |
| Supports ShadowPlay (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty) |
| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Maxwell), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
Reasons to consider 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| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
HWBench recommends GeForce GTX 960
The GeForce GTX 960 is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (3 combinations of games and resolutions).
Core Configuration
| GeForce GTX 960 | | Radeon R7 260X | |
|---|
| GPU Name | GM206 (GM206-300-A1) | vs | Bonaire (Bonaire XTX) |
| Fab Process | 28 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 228 mm² | vs | 160 mm² |
| Transistors | 2,940 million | vs | 2,080 million |
| Shaders | 1024 | vs | 896 |
| Compute Units | 8 | vs | 14 |
| Core clock | 1127 MHz | vs | 1100 MHz |
| ROPs | 32 | vs | 16 |
| TMUs | 64 | vs | 56 |
Memory Configuration
| GeForce GTX 960 | | Radeon R7 260X | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 128 bit | vs | 128 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1753 MHz
7012 MHz effective | vs | 1625 MHz
6500 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 2048 Mb | vs | 2048 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce GTX 960 | | Radeon R7 260X | |
|---|
| TDP | 120 watts | vs | 115 watts |
| Release Date | 22 Jan 2015 | vs | 8 Oct 2013 |
GeForce GTX 960
36.10 GP/s
Radeon R7 260X
17.60 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 960
72.10 GT/s
Radeon R7 260X
61.60 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 960
112.20 GB/s
Radeon R7 260X
104.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
GeForce GTX 960
2308.10 GFLOPs
Radeon R7 260X
1971.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
GeForce GTX 960
10380
Radeon R7 260X
6260
Points (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra, 4x MSAA, 16x AF, HBAO
GeForce GTX 960
25
Radeon R7 260X
11
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra, DDOD, FXAA
GeForce GTX 960
47
Radeon R7 260X
22
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, High Quality, 2x MSAA, 16x AF
GeForce GTX 960
34
Radeon R7 260X
23
FPS (higher is better)