AMD Radeon Instinct MI25 vs AMD Radeon R9 260 OEM

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Instinct MI25 and AMD Radeon R9 260 OEM videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), Geekbench - OpenCL, PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark.

AMD Radeon Instinct MI25

AMD Radeon R9 260 OEM

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Instinct MI25

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 6 month(s) later
Around 27% higher core clock speed: 1400 MHz vs 1100 MHz
6.2x more texture fill rate: 384.0 GTexel / s vs 61.6 GTexel / s
4.6x more pipelines: 4096 vs 896
6.2x better floating-point performance: 12,288 gflops vs 1,971 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
16x more maximum memory size: 16 GB vs 1 GB
Around 68% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 1634 vs 971
Around 68% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 1634 vs 971

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	27 June 2017 vs 21 December 2013
Core clock speed	1400 MHz vs 1100 MHz
Texture fill rate	384.0 GTexel / s vs 61.6 GTexel / s
Pipelines	4096 vs 896
Floating-point performance	12,288 gflops vs 1,971 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Maximum memory size	16 GB vs 1 GB
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1634 vs 971
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1634 vs 971

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 260 OEM

3.5x lower typical power consumption: 85 Watt vs 300 Watt
3.8x more memory clock speed: 6500 MHz vs 1704 MHz
Around 7% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1980 vs 1846
Around 7% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1980 vs 1846

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	85 Watt vs 300 Watt
Memory clock speed	6500 MHz vs 1704 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1980 vs 1846
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1980 vs 1846

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Instinct MI25
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 260 OEM

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1634

971

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1634

971

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1846

1980

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1846

1980

Name	AMD Radeon Instinct MI25	AMD Radeon R9 260 OEM
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	6958
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	6958
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1634	971
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1634	971
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1846	1980
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1846	1980
Geekbench - OpenCL	67679
PassMark - G2D Mark		586
PassMark - G3D Mark		3182

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon Instinct MI25	AMD Radeon R9 260 OEM
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 5.0	GCN 2.0
Code name	Vega 10	Bonaire
Launch date	27 June 2017	21 December 2013
Place in performance rating	581	584
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1500 MHz
Core clock speed	1400 MHz	1100 MHz
Floating-point performance	12,288 gflops	1,971 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	4096	896
Texture fill rate	384.0 GTexel / s	61.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	300 Watt	85 Watt
Transistor count	12,500 million	2,080 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	267 mm	183 mm
Supplementary power connectors	2x 8-pin	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	12.0 (12_0)
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	16 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	482.8 GB / s	104.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	2048 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1704 MHz	6500 MHz
Memory type	HBM2	GDDR5