AMD Radeon R7 260 videocard review

AMD Radeon R7 260

Radeon R7 260 videocard released by AMD; release date: 17 December 2013. At the time of release, the videocard cost $109. The videocard is designed for desktop-computers and based on GCN 2.0 microarchitecture codenamed Bonaire.

Boost clock speed - 1100 MHz. Texture fill rate - 48 GTexel / s. Pipelines - 768. Floating-point performance - 1,536 gflops. Manufacturing process technology - 28 nm. Transistors count - 2,080 million. Power consumption (TDP) - 115 Watt.

Memory type: GDDR5. Maximum RAM amount - 2 GB. Memory bus width - 128 Bit. Memory clock speed - 1625 MHz. Memory bandwidth - 104 GB/s.

Benchmarks

PassMark
G3D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
38534
2892
PassMark
G2D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
1294
559
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Face Detection
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
939.363 mPixels/s
26.189 mPixels/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Ocean Surface Simulation
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
14101.507 Frames/s
798.239 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
93.230 Frames/s
4.223 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Video Composition
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
530.303 Frames/s
45.294 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Bitcoin Mining
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
4413.025 mHash/s
240.395 mHash/s
Name Value
PassMark - G3D Mark 2892
PassMark - G2D Mark 559
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection 26.189 mPixels/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation 798.239 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex 4.223 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition 45.294 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining 240.395 mHash/s

Specifications (specs)

Essentials

Architecture GCN 2.0
Code name Bonaire
Design AMD Radeon R7 200 Series
Launch date 17 December 2013
Launch price (MSRP) $109
Place in performance rating 576
Price now $89.99
Type Desktop
Value for money (0-100) 44.11

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1100 MHz
Floating-point performance 1,536 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm
Pipelines 768
Stream Processors 896
Texture fill rate 48 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 115 Watt
Transistor count 2,080 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
VGA

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support PCIe 3.0
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 170 mm
Supplementary power connectors 1 x 6-pin

API support

DirectX 12
OpenGL 4.5

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB
Memory bandwidth 104 GB/s
Memory bus width 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1625 MHz
Memory type GDDR5

Technologies

AMD Eyefinity
DDMA audio
FreeSync