AMD Radeon R7 260X vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R7 260X and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 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 3 month(s) later
  • Around 48% lower typical power consumption: 115 Watt vs 170 Watt
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
  • Around 17% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 43.745 vs 37.505
  • Around 19% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 3.673 vs 3.09
  • Around 58% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 64.088 vs 40.457
  • 2.6x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 221.539 vs 84.186
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 8 October 2013 vs 25 June 2013
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 115 Watt vs 170 Watt
Maximum memory size 4 GB vs 2 GB
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 43.745 vs 37.505
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 3.673 vs 3.09
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 64.088 vs 40.457
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 221.539 vs 84.186
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3358 vs 3357
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3358 vs 3357

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760

  • Around 3% higher boost clock speed: 1033 MHz vs 1000 MHz
  • Around 53% higher texture fill rate: 94.1 billion / sec vs 61.6 GTexel / s
  • Around 29% higher pipelines: 1152 vs 896
  • Around 21% better floating-point performance: 2,378 gflops vs 1,971 gflops
  • Around 50% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 4803 vs 3192
  • Around 2% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 532 vs 523
  • Around 7% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 864.402 vs 804.436
  • Around 80% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 6927 vs 3845
  • Around 7% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3718 vs 3485
  • Around 80% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 6927 vs 3845
  • Around 7% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3718 vs 3485
  • Around 12% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 1659 vs 1481
Specifications (specs)
Boost clock speed 1033 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Texture fill rate 94.1 billion / sec vs 61.6 GTexel / s
Pipelines 1152 vs 896
Floating-point performance 2,378 gflops vs 1,971 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 4803 vs 3192
PassMark - G2D Mark 532 vs 523
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 864.402 vs 804.436
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 6927 vs 3845
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3718 vs 3485
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 6927 vs 3845
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3718 vs 3485
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 1659 vs 1481

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
3192
4803
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
523
532
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
43.745
37.505
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
804.436
864.402
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3.673
3.09
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
64.088
40.457
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
221.539
84.186
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3845
6927
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3485
3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3358
3357
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3845
6927
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3485
3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3358
3357
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
1481
1659
Name AMD Radeon R7 260X NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760
PassMark - G3D Mark 3192 4803
PassMark - G2D Mark 523 532
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 43.745 37.505
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 804.436 864.402
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 3.673 3.09
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 64.088 40.457
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 221.539 84.186
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 3845 6927
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3485 3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3358 3357
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 3845 6927
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3485 3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3358 3357
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 1481 1659
Geekbench - OpenCL 14261

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon R7 260X NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760

Essentials

Architecture GCN 2.0 Kepler
Code name Bonaire GK104
Design AMD Radeon R7 200 Series
Launch date 8 October 2013 25 June 2013
Launch price (MSRP) $139 $249
Place in performance rating 614 576
Price now $239 $249.99
Type Desktop Desktop
Value for money (0-100) 17.15 23.69

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1000 MHz 1033 MHz
Floating-point performance 1,971 gflops 2,378 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 896 1152
Stream Processors 896
Texture fill rate 61.6 GTexel / s 94.1 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 1152
Maximum GPU temperature 97 °C

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort, One Dual Link DVI-I, One Dual Link DVI-D, One HDMI...
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)
Minimum recommended system power 500 Watt

API support

DirectX 12 12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL 4.5 4.3

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 2 GB
Memory bandwidth 104 GB/s 192.2 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 256 Bit
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Memory clock speed 6008 MHz
Shared memory 0

Technologies

AMD Eyefinity
DDMA audio
FreeSync
3D Gaming
3D Vision
3D Vision Live
Adaptive VSync
Blu Ray 3D
CUDA
FXAA
GeForce Experience
GPU Boost
PhysX
SLI
TXAA