GeForce GTX 460 vs Radeon R7 260
Summary
Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 460 |
Supports PhysX |
Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Fermi), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
Reasons to consider Radeon R7 260 |
65 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the GeForce GTX 460 . |
This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support. |
Higher theoretical gaming performance, based on specifications. |
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Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 Radeon R7 260
Based on theoretical specifications.
Core Configuration
| GeForce GTX 460 | | Radeon R7 260 | |
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GPU Name | GF104 (GF104-300-KB-A1) | vs | Bonaire (Bonaire PRO) |
Fab Process | 40 nm | vs | 28 nm |
Die Size | 332 mm² | vs | 160 mm² |
Transistors | 1,950 million | vs | 2,080 million |
Shaders | 336 | vs | 768 |
Compute Units | 7 | vs | 12 |
Core clock | 675 MHz | vs | 1000 MHz |
ROPs | 32 | vs | 16 |
TMUs | 56 | vs | 48 |
Memory Configuration
| GeForce GTX 460 | | Radeon R7 260 | |
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Memory Type | GDDR5 | vs | GDDR5 |
Bus Width | 256 bit | vs | 128 bit |
Memory Speed | 900 MHz
3600 MHz effective | vs | 1500 MHz
6000 MHz effective |
Memory Size | 1024 Mb | vs | 2048 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce GTX 460 | | Radeon R7 260 | |
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TDP | 160 watts | vs | 95 watts |
Release Date | 12 Jul 2010 | vs | 17 Dec 2013 |
GeForce GTX 460
9.45 GP/s
Radeon R7 260
16.00 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 460
37.80 GT/s
Radeon R7 260
48.00 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 460
115.00 GB/s
Radeon R7 260
96.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
GeForce GTX 460
907.20 GFLOPs
Radeon R7 260
1536.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better