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.

 

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 15582
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