AMD Radeon R7 260 vs AMD Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R7 260 and AMD Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition 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, 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), Geekbench - OpenCL, 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 260

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 10 month(s) later
  • Around 10% higher boost clock speed: 1100 MHz vs 1000 MHz
  • Around 20% higher texture fill rate: 48 GTexel / s vs 40 GTexel / s
  • Around 20% higher pipelines: 768 vs 640
  • Around 20% better floating-point performance: 1,536 gflops vs 1,280 gflops
  • Around 9% lower typical power consumption: 115 Watt vs 125 Watt
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 1 GB
  • Around 44% higher memory clock speed: 1625 MHz vs 1125 MHz
  • Around 33% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2892 vs 2174
  • Around 21% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 559 vs 461
  • Around 58% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 798.239 vs 506.712
  • Around 40% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 4.223 vs 3.01
  • Around 56% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 240.395 vs 153.657
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 17 December 2013 vs 15 February 2012
Boost clock speed 1100 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Texture fill rate 48 GTexel / s vs 40 GTexel / s
Pipelines 768 vs 640
Floating-point performance 1,536 gflops vs 1,280 gflops
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 115 Watt vs 125 Watt
Maximum memory size 2 GB vs 1 GB
Memory clock speed 1625 MHz vs 1125 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 2892 vs 2174
PassMark - G2D Mark 559 vs 461
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 798.239 vs 506.712
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 4.223 vs 3.01
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 240.395 vs 153.657

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition

  • Around 29% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 33.836 vs 26.189
  • Around 10% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 49.787 vs 45.294
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 33.836 vs 26.189
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 49.787 vs 45.294

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R7 260
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
2892
2174
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
559
461
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
26.189
33.836
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
798.239
506.712
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
4.223
3.01
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
45.294
49.787
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
240.395
153.657
Name AMD Radeon R7 260 AMD Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition
PassMark - G3D Mark 2892 2174
PassMark - G2D Mark 559 461
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 26.189 33.836
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 798.239 506.712
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 4.223 3.01
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 45.294 49.787
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 240.395 153.657
Geekbench - OpenCL 14263
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 3707
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 4524
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 14630
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 3707
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 4524
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 14630
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 711

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon R7 260 AMD Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition

Essentials

Architecture GCN 2.0 GCN 1.0
Code name Bonaire Cape Verde
Design AMD Radeon R7 200 Series AMD Radeon HD 7000 Series
Launch date 17 December 2013 15 February 2012
Launch price (MSRP) $109 $159
Place in performance rating 575 578
Price now $89.99
Type Desktop Desktop
Value for money (0-100) 44.11

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1100 MHz 1000 MHz
Floating-point performance 1,536 gflops 1,280 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 768 640
Stream Processors 896 640
Texture fill rate 48 GTexel / s 40 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 115 Watt 125 Watt
Transistor count 2,080 million 1,500 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
VGA

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support PCIe 3.0 PCIe 2.1 x16
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 170 mm 210 mm
Supplementary power connectors 1 x 6-pin 1x 6-pin

API support

DirectX 12 11
OpenGL 4.5 4.5

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 1 GB
Memory bandwidth 104 GB/s 72 GB/s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1625 MHz 1125 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5

Technologies

AMD Eyefinity
DDMA audio
FreeSync
CrossFire