Radeon R7 265 Overview

Radeon R7 265
Memory: 2048Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 13 Feb 2014
Radeon R7 265

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

  • GeForce GTX TITAN Z
    363%
  • GeForce GTX TITAN X
    332%
  • Radeon R9 295X2
    325%
  • GeForce GTX 980 Ti
    320%
  • Radeon R9 FURY X
    314%
  • Radeon R9 FURY
    294%
  • Radeon R9 Nano
    282%
  • GeForce GTX 980
    252%
  • GeForce GTX TITAN BLACK
    237%
  • GeForce GTX 780 Ti
    232%
  • GeForce GTX TITAN
    221%
  • Radeon R9 290X
    211%
  • GeForce GTX 970
    210%
  • GeForce GTX 780
    210%
  • Radeon R9 290
    195%
  • Radeon R9 380X
    184%
  • Radeon R9 280X
    162%
  • GeForce GTX 770
    159%
  • Radeon HD 6990
    155%
  • Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
    155%
  • Radeon R9 285
    153%
  • GeForce GTX 680
    143%
  • GeForce GTX 670
    135%
  • Radeon HD 7970
    134%
  • GeForce GTX 960
    134%
  • GeForce GTX 760
    128%
  • Radeon HD 7950
    124%
  • Radeon R9 270X
    119%
  • GeForce GTX 950
    119%
  • Radeon R9 270
    112%
  • Radeon HD 7870 XT
    112%
  • GeForce GTX 750 Ti
    107%
  • GeForce GTX 660 Ti
    107%
  • GeForce GTX 580
    100%
  • Radeon R7 265
    100%
  • GeForce GTX 660
    95%
  • GeForce GTX 750
    87%
  • GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost
    85%
  • Radeon HD 7850
    83%
  • GeForce GTX 480
    82%
  • Radeon HD 6970
    82%
  • Radeon R7 260X
    73%
  • GeForce GTX 560 Ti
    65%
  • Radeon HD 7790
    64%
  • Radeon HD 6870
    62%
  • GeForce GTX 550 Ti
    3%

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Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications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 265GeForce GTX 950GeForce GTX 750 TiGeForce GTX 750Radeon R9 270
Radeon R7 265GeForce GTX 950GeForce GTX 750 TiGeForce GTX 750Radeon R9 270
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Shader units10247686405121280
ROPs3232161632
Graphics processorPitcairnGM206GM107GM107Curacao
Process size28 nm28 nm28 nm28 nm28 nm
Memory2048 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 width256 bit128 bit128 bit128 bit256 bit
Memory bandwidth179.20 Gb/s105.80 Gb/s86.40 Gb/s80.20 Gb/s179.00 Gb/s
Release date13 Feb 201420 Aug 201518 Feb 201418 Feb 201413 Nov 2013

Benchmarks

Bioshock Infinite

  • GeForce GTX 950
    41
  • Radeon R9 270
    32
  • GeForce GTX 750 Ti
    30
  • Radeon R7 265
    29
  • GeForce GTX 750
    22

FPS (higher is better)

Hitman Absolution

  • Radeon R9 270
    37
  • GeForce GTX 750 Ti
    36
  • Radeon R7 265
    32
  • GeForce GTX 750
    32
  • GeForce GTX 950
    31

FPS (higher is better)