Radeon R7 260 Overview

Radeon R7 260
Memory: 2048Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 17 Dec 2013
Radeon R7 260

Core Configuration

GPU Bonaire
Architecture AMD_GCN_1_1
Shaders : TMUs : ROPs 768 : 48 : 16
Raytracing Cores none
Performance 1536.00 GFLOPs

Memory Configuration

Memory Size 2048 Mb
Memory Bus Width 128 bit
Memory Speed 1500 MHz
6000 MHz effective
Memory Bandwidth 96.00 Gb/s

Summary

Relative performance

  • GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
    676%
  • Geforce GTX TITAN Xp
    670%
  • GeForce GTX TITAN X (Pascal)
    640%
  • GeForce RTX 2080
    639%
  • GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
    635%
  • GeForce RTX 2070 Super
    618%
  • Radeon RX 5700 XT
    579%
  • GeForce RTX 2070
    561%
  • GeForce RTX 2060 Super
    559%
  • Radeon VII
    553%
  • GeForce GTX 1080
    545%
  • GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
    520%
  • Radeon RX 5700
    506%
  • GeForce GTX 1070
    502%
  • GeForce RTX 2060
    462%
  • Radeon R9 295X2
    459%
  • GeForce GTX TITAN X
    447%
  • GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
    437%
  • Radeon RX Vega 64
    433%
  • Radeon RX Vega 56
    403%
  • GeForce GTX 980 Ti
    399%
  • GeForce GTX 1660
    375%
  • Radeon R9 FURY X
    341%
  • Radeon R9 FURY
    325%
  • Radeon R9 Nano
    317%
  • GeForce GTX 1060
    305%
  • Radeon RX 580
    298%
  • GeForce GTX 980
    296%
  • Radeon R9 390X
    291%
  • Radeon RX 480
    285%
  • Radeon R9 290X
    281%
  • Radeon RX 570
    274%
  • Radeon R9 290
    269%
  • GeForce GTX 970
    267%
  • Radeon RX 470
    252%
  • GeForce GTX 780 Ti
    251%
  • GeForce GTX 1650
    249%
  • GeForce GTX TITAN
    241%
  • GeForce GTX 780
    229%
  • Radeon R9 280X
    220%
  • Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
    219%
  • GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
    214%
  • GeForce GTX 680
    205%
  • GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB
    204%
  • Radeon R9 380X
    203%
  • GeForce GTX 770
    197%
  • GeForce GTX 1050
    192%
  • Radeon R9 380
    188%
  • Radeon HD 7970
    185%
  • GeForce GTX 960
    179%
  • Radeon R9 285
    176%
  • Radeon HD 7950
    167%
  • GeForce GTX 760
    153%
  • GeForce GTX 950
    151%
  • Radeon RX 460
    150%
  • Radeon R7 370
    147%
  • Radeon R9 270X
    139%
  • GeForce GTX 660
    123%
  • GeForce GTX 750 Ti
    113%
  • Radeon R7 260
    100%

Performance summary, based on benchmarks charts.

The Radeon R7 260 is a graphics card released by AMD on 17 Dec 2013. The graphics card houses the Bonaire die, based on the AMD_GCN_1_1 architecture which packs 2,080 million transistors on a 28 nm, 160 mm2 die.

Radeon R7 260 pros and cons

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



Specifications


Compared to similar performing cards

Radeon R7 260GeForce GTX 750 Ti
Radeon R7 260GeForce GTX 750 Ti
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Shader units768640
ROPs1616
Graphics processorBonaireGM107
Process size28 nm28 nm
Memory2048 Mb GDDR5 (1500 MHz
6000 MHz effective)
2048 Mb GDDR5 (1350 MHz
5400 MHz effective)
Memory bus width128 bit128 bit
Memory bandwidth96.00 Gb/s86.40 Gb/s
Release date17 Dec 201318 Feb 2014

Benchmarks

Grand Theft Auto V

  • GeForce GTX 750 Ti
    34
  • Radeon R7 260
    29

FPS (higher is better)

Grand Theft Auto V

  • GeForce GTX 750 Ti
    23
  • Radeon R7 260
    21

FPS (higher is better)