AMD Radeon R7 260 vs ATI Radeon X1650 GTO

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R7 260 and ATI Radeon X1650 GTO 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 260

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 0 month(s) later
  • 20.4x more texture fill rate: 48 GTexel / s vs 2.348 GTexel / s
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 90 nm
  • 8x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 256 MB
  • 2.1x more memory clock speed: 1625 MHz vs 784 MHz
  • 38.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2892 vs 75
  • Around 46% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 559 vs 384
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 17 December 2013 vs 2 December 2007
Texture fill rate 48 GTexel / s vs 2.348 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 90 nm
Maximum memory size 2 GB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed 1625 MHz vs 784 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 2892 vs 75
PassMark - G2D Mark 559 vs 384

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R7 260
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X1650 GTO

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
2892
75
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
559
384
Name AMD Radeon R7 260 ATI Radeon X1650 GTO
PassMark - G3D Mark 2892 75
PassMark - G2D Mark 559 384
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

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon R7 260 ATI Radeon X1650 GTO

Essentials

Architecture GCN 2.0 R500
Code name Bonaire RV530
Design AMD Radeon R7 200 Series
Launch date 17 December 2013 2 December 2007
Launch price (MSRP) $109
Place in performance rating 555 413
Price now $89.99
Type Desktop Desktop
Value for money (0-100) 44.11

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1100 MHz
Floating-point performance 1,536 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 90 nm
Pipelines 768
Stream Processors 896
Texture fill rate 48 GTexel / s 2.348 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 115 Watt
Transistor count 2,080 million 157 million
Core clock speed 587 MHz

Video outputs and ports

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

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support PCIe 3.0
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 1.0 x16
Length 170 mm
Supplementary power connectors 1 x 6-pin None

API support

DirectX 12 9.0c
OpenGL 4.5 2.0

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 256 MB
Memory bandwidth 104 GB/s 12.54 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1625 MHz 784 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 DDR2

Technologies

AMD Eyefinity
DDMA audio
FreeSync