Radeon HD 6970 vs Radeon R7 260X
Summary
Radeon HD 6970
100%
Radeon R7 260X
104%
Relative performance
Radeon HD 6970
103%
Radeon R7 260X
100%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider Radeon HD 6970 |
| Based on an outdated architecture (ATI TeraScale), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
Reasons to consider Radeon R7 260X |
| 135 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the Radeon HD 6970 . |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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
These graphics cards seems to have comparable performance based on the game benchmark suite used (6 combinations of games and resolutions).
Core Configuration
| Radeon HD 6970 | | Radeon R7 260X | |
|---|
| GPU Name | Cayman (Cayman XT) | 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 | 1536 | vs | 896 |
| Compute Units | 24 | vs | 14 |
| Core clock | 880 MHz | vs | 1100 MHz |
| ROPs | 32 | vs | 16 |
| TMUs | 96 | vs | 56 |
Memory Configuration
| Radeon HD 6970 | | Radeon R7 260X | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 256 bit | vs | 128 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1375 MHz
5500 MHz effective | vs | 1625 MHz
6500 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 2048 Mb | vs | 2048 Mb |
Additional details
| Radeon HD 6970 | | Radeon R7 260X | |
|---|
| TDP | 250 watts | vs | 115 watts |
| Release Date | 14 Dec 2010 | vs | 8 Oct 2013 |
Radeon HD 6970
28.20 GP/s
Radeon R7 260X
17.60 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Radeon HD 6970
84.50 GT/s
Radeon R7 260X
61.60 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Radeon HD 6970
176.00 GB/s
Radeon R7 260X
104.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Radeon HD 6970
2703.00 GFLOPs
Radeon R7 260X
1971.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
Radeon HD 6970
6000
Radeon R7 260X
6260
Points (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality,2x MSAA,16x AF, HBAO
Radeon HD 6970
33
Radeon R7 260X
33
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality,DDOD, FX AA
Radeon HD 6970
38
Radeon R7 260X
33
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Very High Quality, FXAA
Radeon HD 6970
23
Radeon R7 260X
23
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA
Radeon HD 6970
31
Radeon R7 260X
29
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, AAA standard, 16xAF, Motion Blur normal, Tesselation normal
Radeon HD 6970
24
Radeon R7 260X
26
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra, DDOD, FXAA
Radeon HD 6970
24
Radeon R7 260X
22
FPS (higher is better)