AMD Radeon R7 260X vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560
Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R7 260X and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 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) 4 month(s) later
- Around 36% higher texture fill rate: 61.6 GTexel / s vs 45.4 GTexel / s
- 2.7x more pipelines: 896 vs 336
- Around 81% better floating-point performance: 1,971 gflops vs 1,088.6 gflops
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
- Around 30% lower typical power consumption: 115 Watt vs 150 Watt
- 4x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 1 GB
- Around 15% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3192 vs 2774
- Around 21% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 523 vs 434
- Around 69% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 43.745 vs 25.82
- Around 29% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 804.436 vs 623.187
- Around 67% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 3.673 vs 2.201
- 2.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 64.088 vs 30.402
- 3.6x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 221.539 vs 62.233
- Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 3845 vs 3754
- Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3358 vs 3332
- Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 3845 vs 3754
- Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3358 vs 3332
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Launch date | 8 October 2013 vs 17 May 2011 |
| Texture fill rate | 61.6 GTexel / s vs 45.4 GTexel / s |
| Pipelines | 896 vs 336 |
| Floating-point performance | 1,971 gflops vs 1,088.6 gflops |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm vs 40 nm |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 115 Watt vs 150 Watt |
| Maximum memory size | 4 GB vs 1 GB |
| Benchmarks | |
| PassMark - G3D Mark | 3192 vs 2774 |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 523 vs 434 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 43.745 vs 25.82 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 804.436 vs 623.187 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 3.673 vs 2.201 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 64.088 vs 30.402 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 221.539 vs 62.233 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 3845 vs 3754 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3358 vs 3332 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 3845 vs 3754 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3358 vs 3332 |
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560
- Around 5% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3667 vs 3485
- Around 5% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3667 vs 3485
| Benchmarks | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3667 vs 3485 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3667 vs 3485 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: AMD Radeon R7 260X
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560
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| Name | AMD Radeon R7 260X | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 |
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| PassMark - G3D Mark | 3192 | 2774 |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 523 | 434 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 43.745 | 25.82 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 804.436 | 623.187 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 3.673 | 2.201 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 64.088 | 30.402 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 221.539 | 62.233 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 3845 | 3754 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3485 | 3667 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3358 | 3332 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 3845 | 3754 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3485 | 3667 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3358 | 3332 |
| 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 1481 | 0 |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 8699 |
Compare specifications (specs)
| AMD Radeon R7 260X | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 | |
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Essentials |
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| Architecture | GCN 2.0 | Fermi 2.0 |
| Code name | Bonaire | GF114 |
| Design | AMD Radeon R7 200 Series | |
| Launch date | 8 October 2013 | 17 May 2011 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $139 | $199 |
| Place in performance rating | 614 | 855 |
| Price now | $239 | $353.59 |
| Type | Desktop | Desktop |
| Value for money (0-100) | 17.15 | 10.61 |
Technical info |
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| Boost clock speed | 1000 MHz | |
| Floating-point performance | 1,971 gflops | 1,088.6 gflops |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 40 nm |
| Pipelines | 896 | 336 |
| Stream Processors | 896 | |
| Texture fill rate | 61.6 GTexel / s | 45.4 GTexel / s |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 115 Watt | 150 Watt |
| Transistor count | 2,080 million | 1,950 million |
| Core clock speed | 810 MHz | |
| Maximum GPU temperature | 99 °C | |
Video outputs and ports |
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| Display Connectors | 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort | Two Dual Link DVI, Mini HDMI, 2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI |
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| Dual-link DVI support | ||
| Eyefinity | ||
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| Audio input for HDMI | Internal | |
| HDCP | ||
| 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 | Two 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 | 4.1 |
Memory |
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| Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB | 1 GB |
| Memory bandwidth | 104 GB/s | 128.0 GB / s |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 256 Bit |
| Memory type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Memory clock speed | 4000 MHz | |
Technologies |
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| DDMA audio | ||
| FreeSync | ||
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| 3D Vision | ||
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