AMD Radeon R7 260 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R7 260 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670 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), Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD Radeon R7 260

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 260

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 7 month(s) later
Around 12% higher boost clock speed: 1100 MHz vs 980 MHz
Around 48% lower typical power consumption: 115 Watt vs 170 Watt
270.8x more memory clock speed: 1625 MHz vs 6.0 GB/s
Around 5% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 559 vs 532
Around 12% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 45.294 vs 40.404
2.8x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 240.395 vs 86.208

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	17 December 2013 vs 10 May 2012
Boost clock speed	1100 MHz vs 980 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	115 Watt vs 170 Watt
Memory clock speed	1625 MHz vs 6.0 GB/s
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	559 vs 532
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	45.294 vs 40.404
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	240.395 vs 86.208

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670

2.1x more texture fill rate: 102.5 billion / sec vs 48 GTexel / s
Around 75% higher pipelines: 1344 vs 768
Around 60% better floating-point performance: 2,459.5 gflops vs 1,536 gflops
Around 84% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 5324 vs 2892
Around 59% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 41.613 vs 26.189
Around 22% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 971.208 vs 798.239
Around 1% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 4.281 vs 4.223

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	102.5 billion / sec vs 48 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1344 vs 768
Floating-point performance	2,459.5 gflops vs 1,536 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	5324 vs 2892
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	41.613 vs 26.189
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	971.208 vs 798.239
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	4.281 vs 4.223

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R7 260
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2892

5324

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

559

532

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

26.189

41.613

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

798.239

971.208

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

4.223

4.281

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

45.294

40.404

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

240.395

86.208

Name	AMD Radeon R7 260	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670
PassMark - G3D Mark	2892	5324
PassMark - G2D Mark	559	532
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	26.189	41.613
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	798.239	971.208
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	4.223	4.281
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	45.294	40.404
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	240.395	86.208
Geekbench - OpenCL		15568
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		7038
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3686
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3361
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		7038
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3686
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3361
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		1832

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R7 260	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 2.0	Kepler
Code name	Bonaire	GK104
Design	AMD Radeon R7 200 Series
Launch date	17 December 2013	10 May 2012
Launch price (MSRP)	$109	$399
Place in performance rating	575	576
Price now	$89.99	$474.99
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	44.11	13.20
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1100 MHz	980 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,536 gflops	2,459.5 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	768	1344
Stream Processors	896
Texture fill rate	48 GTexel / s	102.5 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	115 Watt	170 Watt
Transistor count	2,080 million	3,540 million
Core clock speed		980 MHz
CUDA cores		1344
Maximum GPU temperature		97 °C
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	One Dual Link DVI-I, One Dual Link DVI-D, One HDMI..., 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
VGA
Audio input for HDMI		Internal
G-SYNC support
HDCP
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCIe 3.0	PCI Express 3.0
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	170 mm	9.5" (24.1 cm)
Supplementary power connectors	1 x 6-pin	Two 6-pin
Height		4.376" (11.1 cm)
SLI options		3-way
API support
DirectX	12	12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.5	4.2
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	104 GB/s	192.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256-bit GDDR5
Memory clock speed	1625 MHz	6.0 GB/s
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
DDMA audio
FreeSync
3D Blu-Ray
3D Gaming
3D Vision
Adaptive VSync
CUDA
FXAA
GPU Boost
SLI
TXAA