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.

AMD Radeon R7 260

AMD Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition

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 2173
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 2173
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

2173

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	2173
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