AMD Radeon R9 260 OEM vs NVIDIA GeForce PCX 5900

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R9 260 OEM and NVIDIA GeForce PCX 5900 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

AMD Radeon R9 260 OEM

NVIDIA GeForce PCX 5900

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 260 OEM

Videocard is newer: launch date 10 year(s) 9 month(s) later
3.1x more core clock speed: 1100 MHz vs 350 MHz
44x more texture fill rate: 61.6 GTexel / s vs 1.4 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 130 nm
8x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 128 MB
11.8x more memory clock speed: 6500 MHz vs 550 MHz
Around 97% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 508 vs 258
89.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3048 vs 34

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	21 December 2013 vs 17 March 2003
Core clock speed	1100 MHz vs 350 MHz
Texture fill rate	61.6 GTexel / s vs 1.4 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 130 nm
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	6500 MHz vs 550 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	508 vs 258
PassMark - G3D Mark	3048 vs 34

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R9 260 OEM
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce PCX 5900

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

508

258

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

3048

Name	AMD Radeon R9 260 OEM	NVIDIA GeForce PCX 5900
PassMark - G2D Mark	508	258
PassMark - G3D Mark	3048	34
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	971
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	971
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1980
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1980

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R9 260 OEM	NVIDIA GeForce PCX 5900
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 2.0	Rankine
Code name	Bonaire	NV35
Launch date	21 December 2013	17 March 2003
Place in performance rating	659	661
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	1100 MHz	350 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,971 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	130 nm
Pipelines	896
Texture fill rate	61.6 GTexel / s	1.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	85 Watt
Transistor count	2,080 million	135 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	183 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	9.0a
OpenGL	4.5	1.5 (2.1)
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	104.0 GB / s	17.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	6500 MHz	550 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR