Radeon R7 260 vs Radeon R7 265
Summary
Reasons to consider Radeon R7 260 |
| 55 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the Radeon R7 265 . |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
Reasons to consider Radeon R7 265 |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
No clear winner declared
We have no data to declare a winner at this time.
Core Configuration
| Radeon R7 260 | | Radeon R7 265 | |
|---|
| GPU Name | Bonaire (Bonaire PRO) | vs | Pitcairn (Pitcairn PRO) |
| Fab Process | 28 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 160 mm² | vs | 212 mm² |
| Transistors | 2,080 million | vs | 2,800 million |
| Shaders | 768 | vs | 1024 |
| Compute Units | 12 | vs | 16 |
| Core clock | 1000 MHz | vs | 900 MHz |
| ROPs | 16 | vs | 32 |
| TMUs | 48 | vs | 64 |
Memory Configuration
| Radeon R7 260 | | Radeon R7 265 | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 128 bit | vs | 256 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1500 MHz
6000 MHz effective | vs | 1400 MHz
5600 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 2048 Mb | vs | 2048 Mb |
Additional details
| Radeon R7 260 | | Radeon R7 265 | |
|---|
| TDP | 95 watts | vs | 150 watts |
| Release Date | 17 Dec 2013 | vs | 13 Feb 2014 |
Radeon R7 260
16.00 GP/s
Radeon R7 265
29.60 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Radeon R7 260
48.00 GT/s
Radeon R7 265
59.20 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Radeon R7 260
96.00 GB/s
Radeon R7 265
179.20 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Radeon R7 260
1536.00 GFLOPs
Radeon R7 265
1894.40 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better