Radeon R7 260X vs Radeon R7 265
Summary
Radeon R7 260X
100%
Radeon R7 265
110%
Relative performance
Radeon R7 260X
100%
Radeon R7 265
131%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider Radeon R7 260X |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 |
| 31% 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| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
HWBench recommends Radeon R7 265
The Radeon R7 265 is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (8 combinations of games and resolutions).
Core Configuration
| Radeon R7 260X | | Radeon R7 265 | |
|---|
| GPU Name | Bonaire (Bonaire XTX) | 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 | 896 | vs | 1024 |
| Compute Units | 14 | vs | 16 |
| Core clock | 1100 MHz | vs | 900 MHz |
| ROPs | 16 | vs | 32 |
| TMUs | 56 | vs | 64 |
Memory Configuration
| Radeon R7 260X | | Radeon R7 265 | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 128 bit | vs | 256 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1625 MHz
6500 MHz effective | vs | 1400 MHz
5600 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 2048 Mb | vs | 2048 Mb |
Additional details
| Radeon R7 260X | | Radeon R7 265 | |
|---|
| TDP | 115 watts | vs | 150 watts |
| Release Date | 8 Oct 2013 | vs | 13 Feb 2014 |
Radeon R7 260X
17.60 GP/s
Radeon R7 265
29.60 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Radeon R7 260X
61.60 GT/s
Radeon R7 265
59.20 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Radeon R7 260X
104.00 GB/s
Radeon R7 265
179.20 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Radeon R7 260X
1971.00 GFLOPs
Radeon R7 265
1894.40 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
Radeon R7 260X
6260
Radeon R7 265
6900
Points (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality,2x MSAA,16x AF, HBAO
Radeon R7 260X
33
Radeon R7 265
44
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality,DDOD, FX AA
Radeon R7 260X
33
Radeon R7 265
46
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Very High Quality, FXAA
Radeon R7 260X
23
Radeon R7 265
27
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, High Quality, 2x MSAA, 16x AF
Radeon R7 260X
33
Radeon R7 265
45
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA
Radeon R7 260X
29
Radeon R7 265
39
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, AAA standard, 16xAF, Motion Blur normal, Tesselation normal
Radeon R7 260X
26
Radeon R7 265
31
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Ultra, DDOD, FXAA
Radeon R7 260X
22
Radeon R7 265
29
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, High Quality, 2x MSAA, 16x AF
Radeon R7 260X
23
Radeon R7 265
32
FPS (higher is better)