AMD Radeon R7 260 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 X2

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R7 260 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 X2 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

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 X2

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 260

Around 3% higher boost clock speed: 1100 MHz vs 1072 MHz
2.2x lower typical power consumption: 115 Watt vs 250 Watt

Boost clock speed	1100 MHz vs 1072 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	115 Watt vs 250 Watt

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 X2

43.8x more texture fill rate: 2x 102.9 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 48 GTexel / s
3x more pipelines: 2x 1152 vs 768
3.2x better floating-point performance: 2x 2,470 gflops vs 1,536 gflops
2x more maximum memory size: 2x 2 GB vs 2 GB
3.7x more memory clock speed: 6008 MHz vs 1625 MHz
Around 75% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 7.396 vs 4.223

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	2x 102.9 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 48 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2x 1152 vs 768
Floating-point performance	2x 2,470 gflops vs 1,536 gflops
Maximum memory size	2x 2 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed	6008 MHz vs 1625 MHz
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	7.396 vs 4.223

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R7 260
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 X2

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

4.223

7.396

Name	AMD Radeon R7 260	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 X2
PassMark - G3D Mark	2892
PassMark - G2D Mark	559
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	7.396
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	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 X2
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 2.0	Kepler
Code name	Bonaire	GK104
Design	AMD Radeon R7 200 Series
Launch date	17 December 2013	19 November 2013
Launch price (MSRP)	$109
Place in performance rating	555	877
Price now	$89.99
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	44.11
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1100 MHz	1072 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,536 gflops	2x 2,470 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	768	2x 1152
Stream Processors	896
Texture fill rate	48 GTexel / s	2x 102.9 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	115 Watt	250 Watt
Transistor count	2,080 million	3,540 million
Core clock speed		1006 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	3x DVI, 1x mini-DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCIe 3.0
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	170 mm	279 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1 x 6-pin	2x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12	12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.5	4.6
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	2x 2 GB
Memory bandwidth	104 GB/s	2x 192.3 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	2x 256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1625 MHz	6008 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
DDMA audio
FreeSync