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).

AMD Radeon R7 260

AMD Radeon HD 7870M

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	576	578
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