AMD Radeon RX 540 OEM vs AMD Radeon R9 260 OEM

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 540 OEM and AMD Radeon R9 260 OEM 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 - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

AMD Radeon RX 540 OEM

AMD Radeon R9 260 OEM

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 540 OEM

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 3 month(s) later
Around 11% higher core clock speed: 1219 MHz vs 1100 MHz
633.3x more texture fill rate: 39.01 GTexel/s vs 61.6 GTexel / s
Around 31% lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 85 Watt
4x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 1 GB
2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 2296 vs 971
2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 2296 vs 971

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	18 April 2017 vs 21 December 2013
Core clock speed	1219 MHz vs 1100 MHz
Texture fill rate	39.01 GTexel/s vs 61.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt vs 85 Watt
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 1 GB
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2296 vs 971
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2296 vs 971

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 260 OEM

Around 75% higher pipelines: 896 vs 512
1642.5x better floating-point performance: 1,971 gflops vs 1.2 TFLOPs
Around 8% higher memory clock speed: 6500 MHz vs 6000 MHz
Around 59% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 586 vs 368
Around 71% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3182 vs 1857

Specifications (specs)
Pipelines	896 vs 512
Floating-point performance	1,971 gflops vs 1.2 TFLOPs
Memory clock speed	6500 MHz vs 6000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	586 vs 368
PassMark - G3D Mark	3182 vs 1857

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 540 OEM
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 260 OEM

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

368

586

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1857

3182

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2296

971

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2296

971

Name	AMD Radeon RX 540 OEM	AMD Radeon R9 260 OEM
PassMark - G2D Mark	368	586
PassMark - G3D Mark	1857	3182
Geekbench - OpenCL	9416
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2296	971
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2296	971
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		1980
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		1980

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 540 OEM	AMD Radeon R9 260 OEM
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 3.0	GCN 2.0
Code name	Cape Verde	Bonaire
Design	Radeon RX 500 Series
GCN generation	3rd Gen
Launch date	18 April 2017	21 December 2013
Place in performance rating	623	573
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1219 MHz
Compute units	8
Core clock speed	1219 MHz	1100 MHz
Floating-point performance	1.2 TFLOPs	1,971 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	512	896
Pixel fill rate	19.50 GP/s
Render output units	16
Stream Processors	512
Texture fill rate	39.01 GTexel/s	61.6 GTexel / s
Texture Units	32
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt	85 Watt
Transistor count	1,500 million	2,080 million
Video outputs and ports
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
HDMI
VGA
Display Connectors		1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	1x 6-pin
Length		183 mm
API support
DirectX	12	12.0 (12_0)
OpenCL	2.0
OpenGL	4.5	4.5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	96 GB/s	104.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz	6500 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Technologies
4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
AMD Eyefinity
AMD Radeon™ Chill
AMD Radeon™ ReLive
AppAcceleration
Enduro
FreeSync
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HDMI 4K Support
PowerTune
TressFX
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Code Engine (VCE)