Radeon R7 260X vs Radeon R7 240 (HD 8570 rebrand)
Summary
Reasons to consider Radeon R7 260X |
| Around 242% higher average synthetic performance. |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 240 (HD 8570 rebrand) |
| 65 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the Radeon R7 260X . |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
HWBench recommends Radeon R7 260X
The Radeon R7 260X is the better performing card based on the synthetic benchmarks used (1 benchmarks).
Core Configuration
| Radeon R7 260X | | Radeon R7 240 (HD 8570 rebrand) | |
|---|
| GPU Name | Bonaire (Bonaire XTX) | vs | Oland () |
| Fab Process | 28 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 160 mm² | vs | 90 mm² |
| Transistors | 2,080 million | vs | 1,040 million |
| Shaders | 896 | vs | 320 |
| Compute Units | 14 | vs | 5 |
| Core clock | 1100 MHz | vs | 730 MHz |
| ROPs | 16 | vs | 8 |
| TMUs | 56 | vs | 20 |
Memory Configuration
| Radeon R7 260X | | Radeon R7 240 (HD 8570 rebrand) | |
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| Memory Type | GDDR5 | vs | DDR3 |
| Bus Width | 128 bit | vs | 128 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1625 MHz
6500 MHz effective | vs | 900 MHz
1800 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 2048 Mb | vs | 2048 Mb |
Additional details
| Radeon R7 260X | | Radeon R7 240 (HD 8570 rebrand) | |
|---|
| TDP | 115 watts | vs | 50 watts |
| Release Date | 8 Oct 2013 | vs | 1 Nov 2013 |
GigaPixels - higher is better
GigaTexels - higher is better
GFLOPs - higher is better
Points (higher is better)