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.

 

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 582 585
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