Radeon R7 260X Overview

Radeon R7 260X
Memory: 2048Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 8 Oct 2013
Radeon R7 260X

Core Configuration

GPU Bonaire
Architecture AMD_GCN_1_1
Shaders : TMUs : ROPs 896 : 56 : 16
Raytracing Cores none
Performance 1971.00 GFLOPs

Memory Configuration

Memory Size 2048 Mb
Memory Bus Width 128 bit
Memory Speed 1625 MHz
6500 MHz effective
Memory Bandwidth 104.00 Gb/s

Summary

Relative performance

  • GeForce GTX TITAN X
    501%
  • GeForce GTX TITAN Z
    490%
  • GeForce GTX 980 Ti
    473%
  • Radeon R9 FURY X
    464%
  • Radeon R9 295X2
    439%
  • Radeon R9 FURY
    434%
  • Radeon R9 Nano
    420%
  • GeForce GTX 980
    375%
  • GeForce GTX 780 Ti
    333%
  • GeForce GTX TITAN
    323%
  • GeForce GTX TITAN BLACK
    320%
  • GeForce GTX 970
    310%
  • Radeon R9 290
    306%
  • GeForce GTX 780
    297%
  • Radeon R9 290X
    286%
  • Radeon R9 380X
    256%
  • Radeon R9 280X
    246%
  • GeForce GTX 770
    234%
  • Radeon R9 285
    225%
  • GeForce GTX 680
    210%
  • Radeon HD 6990
    204%
  • Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
    204%
  • GeForce GTX 960
    196%
  • Radeon HD 7950
    190%
  • GeForce GTX 760
    188%
  • GeForce GTX 670
    182%
  • Radeon HD 7970
    177%
  • Radeon R9 270X
    174%
  • GeForce GTX 950
    173%
  • Radeon HD 7870 XT
    156%
  • GeForce GTX 660 Ti
    154%
  • Radeon R9 270
    153%
  • GeForce GTX 750 Ti
    146%
  • Radeon R7 265
    135%
  • GeForce GTX 580
    131%
  • GeForce GTX 660
    129%
  • GeForce GTX 750
    119%
  • GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost
    115%
  • Radeon HD 7850
    113%
  • GeForce GTX 480
    109%
  • Radeon HD 6970
    109%
  • Radeon R7 260X
    100%
  • Radeon HD 7790
    86%
  • GeForce GTX 560 Ti
    86%
  • Radeon HD 6870
    81%
  • GeForce GTX 550 Ti
    4%

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Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications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 260XGeForce GTX 750GeForce GTX 650 Ti BoostRadeon HD 7790Radeon HD 7850
Radeon R7 260XGeForce GTX 750GeForce GTX 650 Ti BoostRadeon HD 7790Radeon HD 7850
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Shader units8965127688961024
ROPs1616241632
Graphics processorBonaireGM107GK106BonairePitcairn
Process size28 nm28 nm28 nm28 nm28 nm
Memory2048 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 width128 bit128 bit192 bit128 bit256 bit
Memory bandwidth104.00 Gb/s80.20 Gb/s144.00 Gb/s96.00 Gb/s154.00 Gb/s
Release date8 Oct 201318 Feb 201426 Mar 201322 Mar 20135 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)