Radeon HD 7850 vs Radeon R7 260
Summary
Reasons to consider Radeon HD 7850 |
| Higher theoretical gaming performance, based on specifications. |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
Reasons to consider Radeon R7 260 |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
HWBench recommends Radeon HD 7850
Based on theoretical specifications.
Core Configuration
| Radeon HD 7850 | | Radeon R7 260 | |
|---|
| GPU Name | Pitcairn (Pitcairn PRO) | vs | Bonaire (Bonaire PRO) |
| Fab Process | 28 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 212 mm² | vs | 160 mm² |
| Transistors | 2,800 million | vs | 2,080 million |
| Shaders | 1024 | vs | 768 |
| Compute Units | 16 | vs | 12 |
| Core clock | 860 MHz | vs | 1000 MHz |
| ROPs | 32 | vs | 16 |
| TMUs | 64 | vs | 48 |
Memory Configuration
| Radeon HD 7850 | | Radeon R7 260 | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 256 bit | vs | 128 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1200 MHz
4800 MHz effective | vs | 1500 MHz
6000 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 2048 Mb | vs | 2048 Mb |
Additional details
| Radeon HD 7850 | | Radeon R7 260 | |
|---|
| TDP | 130 watts | vs | 95 watts |
| Release Date | 5 Mar 2012 | vs | 17 Dec 2013 |
Radeon HD 7850
27.50 GP/s
Radeon R7 260
16.00 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Radeon HD 7850
55.00 GT/s
Radeon R7 260
48.00 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Radeon HD 7850
154.00 GB/s
Radeon R7 260
96.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Radeon HD 7850
1761.00 GFLOPs
Radeon R7 260
1536.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better