Radeon R9 260 OEM Overview
Summary
Data interpolated by architecture, based on benchmarks charts.
The Radeon R9 260 OEM is a graphics card released by AMD on 21 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 R9 260 OEM 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| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
Compared to similar performing cards
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| Radeon R9 260 OEM | Radeon HD 7950 Boost |
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| Shader units | 896 | 1792 |
| ROPs | 16 | 32 |
| Graphics processor | Bonaire | Tahiti |
| Process size | 28 nm | 28 nm |
| Memory | 1024 Mb GDDR5 (1625 MHz
6500 MHz effective) | 3072 Mb GDDR5 (1250 MHz
5000 MHz effective) |
| Memory bus width | 128 bit | 384 bit |
| Memory bandwidth | 104.00 Gb/s | 240.00 Gb/s |
| Release date | 21 Dec 2013 | 22 Jun 2012 |