Radeon HD 6930 vs Radeon R7 260X
Summary
Reasons to consider Radeon HD 6930 |
| Based on an outdated architecture (ATI TeraScale), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
Reasons to consider Radeon R7 260X |
| 71 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the Radeon HD 6930 . |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
No clear winner declared
We have no data to declare a winner at this time.
Core Configuration
| Radeon HD 6930 | | Radeon R7 260X | |
|---|
| GPU Name | Cayman (Cayman CE) | vs | Bonaire (Bonaire XTX) |
| Fab Process | 40 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 389 mm² | vs | 160 mm² |
| Transistors | 2,640 million | vs | 2,080 million |
| Shaders | 1280 | vs | 896 |
| Compute Units | 20 | vs | 14 |
| Core clock | 750 MHz | vs | 1100 MHz |
| ROPs | 32 | vs | 16 |
| TMUs | 80 | vs | 56 |
Memory Configuration
| Radeon HD 6930 | | Radeon R7 260X | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 256 bit | vs | 128 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1200 MHz
4800 MHz effective | vs | 1625 MHz
6500 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 1024 Mb | vs | 2048 Mb |
Additional details
| Radeon HD 6930 | | Radeon R7 260X | |
|---|
| TDP | 186 watts | vs | 115 watts |
| Release Date | 1 Dec 2011 | vs | 8 Oct 2013 |
Radeon HD 6930
24.00 GP/s
Radeon R7 260X
17.60 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Radeon HD 6930
60.00 GT/s
Radeon R7 260X
61.60 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Radeon HD 6930
154.00 GB/s
Radeon R7 260X
104.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Radeon HD 6930
1920.00 GFLOPs
Radeon R7 260X
1971.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better