Radeon R7 260 vs Radeon R9 380
Summary
Radeon R7 260
100%
Radeon R9 380
188%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider Radeon R7 260 |
| 95 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the Radeon R9 380 . |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 R9 380 |
| 88% higher gaming performance. |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 R9 380
The Radeon R9 380 is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (2 combinations of games and resolutions).
Core Configuration
| Radeon R7 260 | | Radeon R9 380 | |
|---|
| GPU Name | Bonaire (Bonaire PRO) | vs | Antigua (Antigua PRO) |
| Fab Process | 28 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 160 mm² | vs | 366 mm² |
| Transistors | 2,080 million | vs | 5,000 million |
| Shaders | 768 | vs | 1792 |
| Compute Units | 12 | vs | 28 |
| Core clock | 1000 MHz | vs | 970 MHz |
| ROPs | 16 | vs | 32 |
| TMUs | 48 | vs | 112 |
Memory Configuration
| Radeon R7 260 | | Radeon R9 380 | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 128 bit | vs | 256 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1500 MHz
6000 MHz effective | vs | 1375 MHz
5500 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 2048 Mb | vs | 2048 Mb |
Additional details
| Radeon R7 260 | | Radeon R9 380 | |
|---|
| TDP | 95 watts | vs | 190 watts |
| Release Date | 17 Dec 2013 | vs | 18 Jun 2015 |
Radeon R7 260
16.00 GP/s
Radeon R9 380
31.04 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Radeon R7 260
48.00 GT/s
Radeon R9 380
108.60 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Radeon R7 260
96.00 GB/s
Radeon R9 380
176.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Radeon R7 260
1536.00 GFLOPs
Radeon R9 380
3476.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
Radeon R7 260
29
Radeon R9 380
54
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
Radeon R7 260
21
Radeon R9 380
40
FPS (higher is better)