AMD Radeon RX 560 XT vs AMD Radeon R9 260 OEM

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 560 XT 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. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: Geekbench - OpenCL, 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 RX 560 XT

AMD Radeon R9 260 OEM

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 560 XT

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 2 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
Around 2% higher memory clock speed: 6600 MHz vs 6500 MHz

Launch date	13 March 2019 vs 21 December 2013
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Memory clock speed	6600 MHz vs 6500 MHz

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 260 OEM

Around 13% higher core clock speed: 1100 MHz vs 973 MHz
Around 76% lower typical power consumption: 85 Watt vs 150 Watt

Core clock speed	1100 MHz vs 973 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	85 Watt vs 150 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 560 XT
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 260 OEM

Name	AMD Radeon RX 560 XT	AMD Radeon R9 260 OEM
Geekbench - OpenCL	32464
PassMark - G2D Mark		586
PassMark - G3D Mark		3182
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 RX 560 XT	AMD Radeon R9 260 OEM
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0	GCN 2.0
Code name	Ellesmere	Bonaire
GCN generation	4th Gen
Launch date	13 March 2019	21 December 2013
Place in performance rating	720	573
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1073 MHz
Core clock speed	973 MHz	1100 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt	85 Watt
Transistor count	5,700 million	2,080 million
Floating-point performance		1,971 gflops
Pipelines		896
Texture fill rate		61.6 GTexel / s
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
DisplayPort count	3
DisplayPort support
HDMI
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	241 mm	183 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0	12.0 (12_0)
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Memory
Memory clock speed	6600 MHz	6500 MHz
Maximum RAM amount		1 GB
Memory bandwidth		104.0 GB / s
Memory bus width		128 Bit
Memory type		GDDR5