AMD Radeon Pro 455 vs AMD Radeon R9 260 OEM

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Pro 455 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, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro 455

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 10 month(s) later
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
  • 2.4x lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 85 Watt
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 1 GB
  • Around 2% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3113 vs 3048
  • Around 39% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 705 vs 508
  • Around 81% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 1762 vs 971
  • Around 70% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3359 vs 1980
  • Around 81% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 1762 vs 971
  • Around 70% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3359 vs 1980
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 30 October 2016 vs 21 December 2013
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt vs 85 Watt
Maximum memory size 2 GB vs 1 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 3113 vs 3048
PassMark - G2D Mark 705 vs 508
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1762 vs 971
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3359 vs 1980
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1762 vs 971
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3359 vs 1980

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 260 OEM

  • Around 29% higher core clock speed: 1100 MHz vs 855 MHz
  • Around 50% higher texture fill rate: 61.6 GTexel / s vs 41.04 GTexel / s
  • Around 17% higher pipelines: 896 vs 768
  • Around 50% better floating-point performance: 1,971 gflops vs 1,313 gflops
  • Around 28% higher memory clock speed: 6500 MHz vs 5080 MHz
Core clock speed 1100 MHz vs 855 MHz
Texture fill rate 61.6 GTexel / s vs 41.04 GTexel / s
Pipelines 896 vs 768
Floating-point performance 1,971 gflops vs 1,313 gflops
Memory clock speed 6500 MHz vs 5080 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Pro 455
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 260 OEM

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
3113
3048
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
705
508
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1762
971
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3359
1980
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1762
971
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3359
1980
Name AMD Radeon Pro 455 AMD Radeon R9 260 OEM
PassMark - G3D Mark 3113 3048
PassMark - G2D Mark 705 508
Geekbench - OpenCL 11003
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 33.484
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 573.646
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 2.854
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 44.793
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 148.673
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 4146
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1762 971
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3359 1980
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 4146
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1762 971
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3359 1980

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon Pro 455 AMD Radeon R9 260 OEM

Essentials

Architecture GCN 4.0 GCN 2.0
Code name Baffin Bonaire
Launch date 30 October 2016 21 December 2013
Place in performance rating 678 675
Type Mobile workstation Desktop

Technical info

Core clock speed 855 MHz 1100 MHz
Floating-point performance 1,313 gflops 1,971 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 768 896
Texture fill rate 41.04 GTexel / s 61.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt 85 Watt
Transistor count 3,000 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 x8 PCIe 3.0 x16
Laptop size large
Supplementary power connectors None 1x 6-pin
Length 183 mm

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_0) 12.0 (12_0)
OpenGL 4.5 4.5

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 1 GB
Memory bandwidth 81.28 GB / s 104.0 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 5080 MHz 6500 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Shared memory 0

Technologies

DisplayPort 1.3 HBR / 1.4 HDR Ready
FreeSync
HDMI 2.0