AMD Radeon R7 260X videocard review

AMD Radeon R7 260X

Radeon R7 260X videocard released by AMD; release date: 8 October 2013. At the time of release, the videocard cost $139. The videocard is designed for desktop-computers and based on GCN 2.0 microarchitecture codenamed Bonaire.

Boost clock speed - 1000 MHz. Texture fill rate - 61.6 GTexel / s. Pipelines - 896. Floating-point performance - 1,971 gflops. Manufacturing process technology - 28 nm. Transistors count - 2,080 million. Power consumption (TDP) - 115 Watt.

Memory type: GDDR5. Maximum RAM amount - 4 GB. Memory bus width - 128 Bit. Memory bandwidth - 104 GB/s.

Benchmarks

PassMark
G3D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
38588
3190
PassMark
G2D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
1295
523
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Face Detection
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
939.363 mPixels/s
43.745 mPixels/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Ocean Surface Simulation
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
14101.507 Frames/s
804.436 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
95.851 Frames/s
3.673 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Video Composition
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
530.303 Frames/s
64.088 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Bitcoin Mining
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
4429.590 mHash/s
221.539 mHash/s
GFXBench 4.0
Car Chase Offscreen
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
34770 Frames
3845 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
Manhattan
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
27823 Frames
3485 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
69225 Frames
3358 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
Car Chase Offscreen
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
34770.000 Fps
3845.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0
Manhattan
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
27823.000 Fps
3485.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
69225.000 Fps
3358.000 Fps
3DMark Fire Strike
Graphics Score
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
36466
1481
Name Value
PassMark - G3D Mark 3190
PassMark - G2D Mark 523
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection 43.745 mPixels/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation 804.436 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex 3.673 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition 64.088 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining 221.539 mHash/s
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen 3845 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan 3485 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex 3358 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen 3845.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan 3485.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex 3358.000 Fps
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 1481

Specifications (specs)

Essentials

Architecture GCN 2.0
Code name Bonaire
Design AMD Radeon R7 200 Series
Launch date 8 October 2013
Launch price (MSRP) $139
Place in performance rating 648
Price now $239
Type Desktop
Value for money (0-100) 17.15

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1000 MHz
Floating-point performance 1,971 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm
Pipelines 896
Stream Processors 896
Texture fill rate 61.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 115 Watt
Transistor count 2,080 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 2x 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 4 GB
Memory bandwidth 104 GB/s
Memory bus width 128 Bit
Memory type GDDR5

Technologies

AMD Eyefinity
DDMA audio
FreeSync