AMD Radeon RX 5600 vs AMD Radeon R7 260

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 5600 and AMD Radeon R7 260 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: Geekbench - OpenCL, PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 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).

AMD Radeon RX 5600

AMD Radeon R7 260

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 5600

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 1 month(s) later
Around 42% higher boost clock speed: 1560 MHz vs 1100 MHz
4160.4x more texture fill rate: 199.7 GTexel/s vs 48 GTexel / s
2.7x more pipelines: 2048 vs 768
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 28 nm
3x more maximum memory size: 6 GB vs 2 GB
Around 22% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 683 vs 559
4.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 11959 vs 2892

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	21 Jan 2020 vs 17 December 2013
Boost clock speed	1560 MHz vs 1100 MHz
Texture fill rate	199.7 GTexel/s vs 48 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2048 vs 768
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm vs 28 nm
Maximum memory size	6 GB vs 2 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	683 vs 559
PassMark - G3D Mark	11959 vs 2892

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 260

Around 30% lower typical power consumption: 115 Watt vs 150 Watt
Around 8% higher memory clock speed: 1625 MHz vs 1500 MHz (12000 MHz effective)

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	115 Watt vs 150 Watt
Memory clock speed	1625 MHz vs 1500 MHz (12000 MHz effective)

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 5600
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R7 260

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

683

559

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

11959

2892

Name	AMD Radeon RX 5600	AMD Radeon R7 260
Geekbench - OpenCL	60737
PassMark - G2D Mark	683	559
PassMark - G3D Mark	11959	2892
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	14115
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	14115
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	7991
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	7991
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	19735
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	19735
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		26.189
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		798.239
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		4.223
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		45.294
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		240.395

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 5600	AMD Radeon R7 260
Essentials
Architecture	RDNA 1.0	GCN 2.0
Code name	Navi 10	Bonaire
Launch date	21 Jan 2020	17 December 2013
Place in performance rating	125	555
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Design		AMD Radeon R7 200 Series
Launch price (MSRP)		$109
Price now		$89.99
Value for money (0-100)		44.11
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1560 MHz	1100 MHz
Compute units	32
Core clock speed	1130 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	28 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	399.4 GFLOPS (1:16)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	12.78 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	6.390 TFLOPS
Pipelines	2048	768
Pixel fill rate	99.84 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	199.7 GTexel/s	48 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt	115 Watt
Transistor count	10300 million	2,080 million
Floating-point performance		1,536 gflops
Stream Processors		896
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Recommended system power (PSU)	350 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin	1 x 6-pin
Width	Dual-slot
Bus support		PCIe 3.0
Length		170 mm
API support
DirectX	12.1	12
OpenCL	2.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Shader Model	6.5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	288.0 GB/s	104 GB/s
Memory bus width	192 bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1500 MHz (12000 MHz effective)	1625 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR5
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
DDMA audio
FreeSync