AMD Radeon R7 260 vs AMD Radeon HD 7870M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R7 260 and AMD Radeon HD 7870M 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), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 260

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 7 month(s) later
  • Around 50% higher texture fill rate: 48 GTexel / s vs 32 GTexel / s
  • Around 20% higher pipelines: 768 vs 640
  • Around 50% better floating-point performance: 1,536 gflops vs 1,024 gflops
  • Around 92% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2892 vs 1507
  • Around 1% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 559 vs 556
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 17 December 2013 vs 24 April 2012
Texture fill rate 48 GTexel / s vs 32 GTexel / s
Pipelines 768 vs 640
Floating-point performance 1,536 gflops vs 1,024 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 2892 vs 1507
PassMark - G2D Mark 559 vs 556

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7870M

  • 2.6x lower typical power consumption: 45 Watt vs 115 Watt
  • 2.5x more memory clock speed: 4000 MHz vs 1625 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 45 Watt vs 115 Watt
Memory clock speed 4000 MHz vs 1625 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R7 260
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 7870M

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
2892
1507
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
559
556
Name AMD Radeon R7 260 AMD Radeon HD 7870M
PassMark - G3D Mark 2892 1507
PassMark - G2D Mark 559 556
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 26.189
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 798.239
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 4.223
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 45.294
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 240.395
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1367
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1367
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3359
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3359

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon R7 260 AMD Radeon HD 7870M

Essentials

Architecture GCN 2.0 GCN 1.0
Code name Bonaire Heathrow
Design AMD Radeon R7 200 Series
Launch date 17 December 2013 24 April 2012
Launch price (MSRP) $109
Place in performance rating 575 577
Price now $89.99
Type Desktop Laptop
Value for money (0-100) 44.11

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1100 MHz
Floating-point performance 1,536 gflops 1,024 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 768 640
Stream Processors 896
Texture fill rate 48 GTexel / s 32 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 115 Watt 45 Watt
Transistor count 2,080 million 1,500 million
Core clock speed 800 MHz

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort No outputs
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
VGA

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support PCIe 3.0
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 170 mm
Supplementary power connectors 1 x 6-pin
Laptop size large

API support

DirectX 12 12.0 (11_1)
OpenGL 4.5 4.5

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 2 GB
Memory bandwidth 104 GB/s 64 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1625 MHz 4000 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Shared memory 0

Technologies

AMD Eyefinity
DDMA audio
FreeSync