AMD Radeon R7 260X vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti
Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R7 260X and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti 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) 6 month(s) later
- 2.1x more texture fill rate: 61.6 GTexel / s vs 28.8 billion / sec
- 4.7x more pipelines: 896 vs 192
- 2.9x better floating-point performance: 1,971 gflops vs 691.2 gflops
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
- Around 1% lower typical power consumption: 115 Watt vs 116 Watt
- 4x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 1 GB
- 2.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3192 vs 1557
- Around 37% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 523 vs 382
- 2.4x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 43.745 vs 18.461
- 2.3x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 804.436 vs 354.392
- 3.3x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 3.673 vs 1.125
- 3.5x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 64.088 vs 18.511
- 5.3x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 221.539 vs 41.941
- Around 55% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 3845 vs 2488
- Around 4% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3485 vs 3351
- Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3358 vs 3322
- Around 55% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 3845 vs 2488
- Around 4% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3485 vs 3351
- Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3358 vs 3322
- 4.6x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 1481 vs 322
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Launch date | 8 October 2013 vs 15 March 2011 |
| Texture fill rate | 61.6 GTexel / s vs 28.8 billion / sec |
| Pipelines | 896 vs 192 |
| Floating-point performance | 1,971 gflops vs 691.2 gflops |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm vs 40 nm |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 115 Watt vs 116 Watt |
| Maximum memory size | 4 GB vs 1 GB |
| Benchmarks | |
| PassMark - G3D Mark | 3192 vs 1557 |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 523 vs 382 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 43.745 vs 18.461 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 804.436 vs 354.392 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 3.673 vs 1.125 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 64.088 vs 18.511 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 221.539 vs 41.941 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 3845 vs 2488 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3485 vs 3351 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3358 vs 3322 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 3845 vs 2488 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3485 vs 3351 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3358 vs 3322 |
| 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 1481 vs 322 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: AMD Radeon R7 260X
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti
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| Name | AMD Radeon R7 260X | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti |
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| PassMark - G3D Mark | 3192 | 1557 |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 523 | 382 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 43.745 | 18.461 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 804.436 | 354.392 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 3.673 | 1.125 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 64.088 | 18.511 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 221.539 | 41.941 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 3845 | 2488 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3485 | 3351 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3358 | 3322 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 3845 | 2488 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3485 | 3351 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3358 | 3322 |
| 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 1481 | 322 |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 5750 |
Compare specifications (specs)
| AMD Radeon R7 260X | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti | |
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| Architecture | GCN 2.0 | Fermi 2.0 |
| Code name | Bonaire | GF116 |
| Design | AMD Radeon R7 200 Series | |
| Launch date | 8 October 2013 | 15 March 2011 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $139 | $149 |
| Place in performance rating | 614 | 1019 |
| Price now | $239 | $287.59 |
| Type | Desktop | Desktop |
| Value for money (0-100) | 17.15 | 7.49 |
Technical info |
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| Boost clock speed | 1000 MHz | |
| Floating-point performance | 1,971 gflops | 691.2 gflops |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 40 nm |
| Pipelines | 896 | 192 |
| Stream Processors | 896 | |
| Texture fill rate | 61.6 GTexel / s | 28.8 billion / sec |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 115 Watt | 116 Watt |
| Transistor count | 2,080 million | 1,170 million |
| Core clock speed | 1800 MHz | |
| CUDA cores | 192 | |
| Maximum GPU temperature | 100 °C | |
Video outputs and ports |
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| Display Connectors | 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort | Two Dual Link DVI-IMini HDMI, 2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI |
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| Eyefinity | ||
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| Audio input for HDMI | Internal | |
| Maximum VGA resolution | 2048x1536 | |
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Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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| Bus support | PCIe 3.0 | 16x PCI-E 2.0 |
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
| Length | 170 mm | 8.25" (21 cm) |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1 x 6-pin | One 6-pin |
| Height | 4.376" (11.1 cm) | |
| SLI options | 2-way | |
API support |
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| DirectX | 12 | 12.0 (11_0) |
| OpenGL | 4.5 | 4.2 |
Memory |
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| Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB | 1 GB |
| Memory bandwidth | 104 GB/s | 98.4 GB / s |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 192 Bit |
| Memory type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Memory clock speed | 1026 MHz | |
Technologies |
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| DDMA audio | ||
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| 3D Vision | ||
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| DSR | ||
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