AMD Radeon R7 260 vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 645 OEM

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R7 260 and NVIDIA GeForce GT 645 OEM 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 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

AMD Radeon R7 260

NVIDIA GeForce GT 645 OEM

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 260

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 7 month(s) later
Around 29% higher texture fill rate: 48 GTexel / s vs 37.2 GTexel / s
2.7x more pipelines: 768 vs 288
Around 72% better floating-point performance: 1,536 gflops vs 894.0 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 1 GB
Around 44% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2892 vs 2006
Around 26% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 559 vs 443

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	17 December 2013 vs 24 April 2012
Texture fill rate	48 GTexel / s vs 37.2 GTexel / s
Pipelines	768 vs 288
Floating-point performance	1,536 gflops vs 894.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 1 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	2892 vs 2006
PassMark - G2D Mark	559 vs 443

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 645 OEM

Around 13% lower typical power consumption: 102 Watt vs 115 Watt
2.4x more memory clock speed: 3828 MHz vs 1625 MHz

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	102 Watt vs 115 Watt
Memory clock speed	3828 MHz vs 1625 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R7 260
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 645 OEM

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2892

2006

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

559

443

Name	AMD Radeon R7 260	NVIDIA GeForce GT 645 OEM
PassMark - G3D Mark	2892	2006
PassMark - G2D Mark	559	443
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 - T-Rex (Frames)		1914
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		1914

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R7 260	NVIDIA GeForce GT 645 OEM
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 2.0	Fermi 2.0
Code name	Bonaire	GF114
Design	AMD Radeon R7 200 Series
Launch date	17 December 2013	24 April 2012
Launch price (MSRP)	$109
Place in performance rating	555	557
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	894.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	768	288
Stream Processors	896
Texture fill rate	48 GTexel / s	37.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	115 Watt	102 Watt
Transistor count	2,080 million	1,950 million
Core clock speed		776 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCIe 3.0
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	170 mm	210 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1 x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12	12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.5	4.6
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	104 GB/s	91.9 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	192 Bit
Memory clock speed	1625 MHz	3828 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
DDMA audio
FreeSync