Radeon HD 7870 XT vs Radeon R7 260X
Summary
Radeon HD 7870 XT
137%
Radeon R7 260X
100%
Relative performance
Radeon HD 7870 XT
150%
Radeon R7 260X
100%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider Radeon HD 7870 XT |
| 50% higher gaming performance. |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 260X |
| 70 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the Radeon HD 7870 XT . |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 7870 XT
The Radeon HD 7870 XT is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (4 combinations of games and resolutions).
Core Configuration
| Radeon HD 7870 XT | | Radeon R7 260X | |
|---|
| GPU Name | Tahiti (Tahiti LE) | vs | Bonaire (Bonaire XTX) |
| Fab Process | 28 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 352 mm² | vs | 160 mm² |
| Transistors | 4,313 million | vs | 2,080 million |
| Shaders | 1536 | vs | 896 |
| Compute Units | 24 | vs | 14 |
| Core clock | 925 MHz | vs | 1100 MHz |
| ROPs | 32 | vs | 16 |
| TMUs | 96 | vs | 56 |
Memory Configuration
| Radeon HD 7870 XT | | Radeon R7 260X | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 256 bit | vs | 128 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1500 MHz
6000 MHz effective | vs | 1625 MHz
6500 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 2048 Mb | vs | 2048 Mb |
Additional details
| Radeon HD 7870 XT | | Radeon R7 260X | |
|---|
| TDP | 185 watts | vs | 115 watts |
| Release Date | 19 Nov 2012 | vs | 8 Oct 2013 |
Radeon HD 7870 XT
29.60 GP/s
Radeon R7 260X
17.60 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Radeon HD 7870 XT
88.80 GT/s
Radeon R7 260X
61.60 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Radeon HD 7870 XT
192.00 GB/s
Radeon R7 260X
104.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Radeon HD 7870 XT
2842.00 GFLOPs
Radeon R7 260X
1971.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
Radeon HD 7870 XT
8590
Radeon R7 260X
6260
Points (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality,DDOD, FX AA
Radeon HD 7870 XT
49
Radeon R7 260X
33
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Very High Quality, FXAA
Radeon HD 7870 XT
31
Radeon R7 260X
23
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, High Quality, 2x MSAA, 16x AF
Radeon HD 7870 XT
54
Radeon R7 260X
33
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, High Quality, 2x MSAA, 16x AF
Radeon HD 7870 XT
36
Radeon R7 260X
23
FPS (higher is better)