AMD Radeon R7 260 vs ATI Radeon X700 PRO

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R7 260 and ATI Radeon X700 PRO 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).

AMD Radeon R7 260

ATI Radeon X700 PRO

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 260

Videocard is newer: launch date 9 year(s) 3 month(s) later
14.1x more texture fill rate: 48 GTexel / s vs 3.4 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 110 nm
16x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 128 MB
Around 89% higher memory clock speed: 1625 MHz vs 860 MHz
38.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2892 vs 76
Around 85% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 559 vs 302

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	17 December 2013 vs 1 September 2004
Texture fill rate	48 GTexel / s vs 3.4 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 110 nm
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	1625 MHz vs 860 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	2892 vs 76
PassMark - G2D Mark	559 vs 302

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X700 PRO

3.5x lower typical power consumption: 33 Watt vs 115 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	33 Watt vs 115 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R7 260
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X700 PRO

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2892

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

559

302

Name	AMD Radeon R7 260	ATI Radeon X700 PRO
PassMark - G3D Mark	2892	76
PassMark - G2D Mark	559	302
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 X700 PRO
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 2.0	R400
Code name	Bonaire	RV410
Design	AMD Radeon R7 200 Series
Launch date	17 December 2013	1 September 2004
Launch price (MSRP)	$109	$179
Place in performance rating	570	571
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	110 nm
Pipelines	768
Stream Processors	896
Texture fill rate	48 GTexel / s	3.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	115 Watt	33 Watt
Transistor count	2,080 million	120 million
Core clock speed		425 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
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	9.0b
OpenGL	4.5	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	104 GB/s	13.76 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1625 MHz	860 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
DDMA audio
FreeSync