AMD Radeon R7 A265 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R7 A265 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 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, Geekbench - OpenCL, 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.

AMD Radeon R7 A265

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 A265

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 month(s) later

Launch date	9 January 2014 vs 23 May 2013

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780

Around 19% higher core clock speed: 863 MHz vs 725 MHz
Around 9% higher boost clock speed: 900 MHz vs 825 MHz
8.1x more texture fill rate: 160.5 billion / sec vs 19.8 GTexel / s
6x more pipelines: 2304 vs 384
6.6x better floating-point performance: 4,156 gflops vs 633.6 gflops
Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 3 GB vs 2 GB
3.3x more memory clock speed: 6008 MHz vs 1800 MHz
8.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 8009 vs 994
Around 26% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 590 vs 468
3.5x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 24011 vs 6925

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	863 MHz vs 725 MHz
Boost clock speed	900 MHz vs 825 MHz
Texture fill rate	160.5 billion / sec vs 19.8 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2304 vs 384
Floating-point performance	4,156 gflops vs 633.6 gflops
Maximum memory size	3 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed	6008 MHz vs 1800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	8009 vs 994
PassMark - G2D Mark	590 vs 468
Geekbench - OpenCL	24011 vs 6925

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R7 A265
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

994

8009

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

468

590

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

6925

24011

Name	AMD Radeon R7 A265	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780
PassMark - G3D Mark	994	8009
PassMark - G2D Mark	468	590
Geekbench - OpenCL	6925	24011
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		57.735
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		1269.688
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		5.505
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		37.407
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		174.323
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		9064
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3714
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3358
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		9064
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3714
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3358
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		2780

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R7 A265	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	Kepler
Code name	Opal	GK110
Launch date	9 January 2014	23 May 2013
Place in performance rating	455	456
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$649
Price now		$740.99
Value for money (0-100)		12.94
Technical info
Boost clock speed	825 MHz	900 MHz
Core clock speed	725 MHz	863 MHz
Floating-point performance	633.6 gflops	4,156 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	384	2304
Texture fill rate	19.8 GTexel / s	160.5 billion / sec
Transistor count	1,040 million	7,080 million
CUDA cores		2304
Maximum GPU temperature		95 °C
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		250 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	One Dual Link DVI-I, One Dual Link DVI-D, One HDMI..., 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
Audio input for HDMI		Internal
G-SYNC support
HDCP
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 3.0 x16
Bus support		PCI Express 3.0
Height		4.376" (11.1 cm)
Length		10.5" (26.7 cm)
Minimum recommended system power		600 Watt
Supplementary power connectors		One 8-pin and one 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.5	4.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	3 GB
Memory bandwidth	28.8 GB / s	288.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	384 Bit
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz	6008 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	GDDR5
Technologies
3D Gaming
3D Vision
3D Vision Live
Adaptive VSync
Blu Ray 3D
CUDA
FXAA
GPU Boost
PhysX
TXAA