Radeon R9 290X vs Radeon R7 260
Summary
Radeon R9 290X
281%
Radeon R7 260
100%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider Radeon R9 290X |
| 181% higher gaming 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| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 260 |
| 195 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the Radeon R9 290X . |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 290X
The Radeon R9 290X is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (2 combinations of games and resolutions).
Core Configuration
| Radeon R9 290X | | Radeon R7 260 | |
|---|
| GPU Name | Hawaii (Hawaii XT) | vs | Bonaire (Bonaire PRO) |
| Fab Process | 28 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 438 mm² | vs | 160 mm² |
| Transistors | 6,200 million | vs | 2,080 million |
| Shaders | 2816 | vs | 768 |
| Compute Units | 44 | vs | 12 |
| Core clock | 1000 MHz | vs | 1000 MHz |
| ROPs | 64 | vs | 16 |
| TMUs | 176 | vs | 48 |
Memory Configuration
| Radeon R9 290X | | Radeon R7 260 | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 512 bit | vs | 128 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1250 MHz
5000 MHz effective | vs | 1500 MHz
6000 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 4096 Mb | vs | 2048 Mb |
Additional details
| Radeon R9 290X | | Radeon R7 260 | |
|---|
| TDP | 290 watts | vs | 95 watts |
| Release Date | 24 Oct 2013 | vs | 17 Dec 2013 |
Radeon R9 290X
64.00 GP/s
Radeon R7 260
16.00 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Radeon R9 290X
176.00 GT/s
Radeon R7 260
48.00 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Radeon R9 290X
320.00 GB/s
Radeon R7 260
96.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Radeon R9 290X
5632.00 GFLOPs
Radeon R7 260
1536.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
Radeon R9 290X
83
Radeon R7 260
29
FPS (higher is better)
DX11, Max Details, 16:1 AF, 2xMSAA
Radeon R9 290X
58
Radeon R7 260
21
FPS (higher is better)