AMD Radeon R7 265 vs NVIDIA GeForce 7025 + nForce 630a

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R7 265 and NVIDIA GeForce 7025 + nForce 630a 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: 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark.

AMD Radeon R7 265

NVIDIA GeForce 7025 + nForce 630a

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 265

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 year(s) 0 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 90 nm

Launch date	13 February 2014 vs 1 February 2006
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 90 nm

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R7 265
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 7025 + nForce 630a

Name	AMD Radeon R7 265	NVIDIA GeForce 7025 + nForce 630a
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	0
PassMark - G2D Mark		13
PassMark - G3D Mark		33

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R7 265	NVIDIA GeForce 7025 + nForce 630a
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	Curie
Code name	Pitcairn	MCP68
Design	AMD Radeon R7 200 Series
Launch date	13 February 2014	1 February 2006
Launch price (MSRP)	$149
Place in performance rating	1704	1701
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	925 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,894 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	1024
Stream Processors	1024
Texture fill rate	59.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt
Transistor count	2,800 million	112 million
Core clock speed		425 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	No outputs
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCIe 3.0
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCI
Length	210 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1 x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12	9.0c
OpenGL	4.5	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	179.2 GB/s
Memory bus width	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1400 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
CrossFire
DDMA audio
FreeSync