AMD Radeon R7 260X vs NVIDIA GeForce 510 OEM

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R7 260X and NVIDIA GeForce 510 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 - 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, Geekbench - OpenCL.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 260X

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 0 month(s) later
  • 14.7x more texture fill rate: 61.6 GTexel / s vs 4.18 GTexel / s
  • 18.7x more pipelines: 896 vs 48
  • 19.6x better floating-point performance: 1,971 gflops vs 100.42 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
  • 4x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 1 GB
  • 11x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3192 vs 290
  • 3.2x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 523 vs 163
  • 2.8x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3485 vs 1254
  • Around 95% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3358 vs 1723
  • 2.8x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3485 vs 1254
  • Around 95% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3358 vs 1723
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 8 October 2013 vs 29 September 2011
Texture fill rate 61.6 GTexel / s vs 4.18 GTexel / s
Pipelines 896 vs 48
Floating-point performance 1,971 gflops vs 100.42 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 40 nm
Maximum memory size 4 GB vs 1 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 3192 vs 290
PassMark - G2D Mark 523 vs 163
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3485 vs 1254
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3358 vs 1723
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3485 vs 1254
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3358 vs 1723

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 510 OEM

  • 4.6x lower typical power consumption: 25 Watt vs 115 Watt
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 25 Watt vs 115 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R7 260X
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 510 OEM

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
3192
290
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
523
163
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3485
1254
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3358
1723
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3485
1254
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3358
1723
Name AMD Radeon R7 260X NVIDIA GeForce 510 OEM
PassMark - G3D Mark 3192 290
PassMark - G2D Mark 523 163
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 43.745
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 804.436
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 3.673
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 64.088
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 221.539
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 3845
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3485 1254
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3358 1723
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 3845
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3485 1254
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3358 1723
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 1481
Geekbench - OpenCL 758

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon R7 260X NVIDIA GeForce 510 OEM

Essentials

Architecture GCN 2.0 Fermi 2.0
Code name Bonaire GF119
Design AMD Radeon R7 200 Series
Launch date 8 October 2013 29 September 2011
Launch price (MSRP) $139
Place in performance rating 614 1360
Price now $239
Type Desktop Desktop
Value for money (0-100) 17.15

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1000 MHz
Floating-point performance 1,971 gflops 100.42 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 896 48
Stream Processors 896
Texture fill rate 61.6 GTexel / s 4.18 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 115 Watt 25 Watt
Transistor count 2,080 million 292 million
Core clock speed 523 MHz

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
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 145 mm
Supplementary power connectors 1 x 6-pin None

API support

DirectX 12 12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL 4.5 4.6

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 1 GB
Memory bandwidth 104 GB/s 14.37 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 64 Bit
Memory type GDDR5 DDR3
Memory clock speed 1796 MHz

Technologies

AMD Eyefinity
DDMA audio
FreeSync