AMD Radeon RX Vega 3 vs AMD Radeon R7 260

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX Vega 3 and AMD Radeon R7 260 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, API support, Memory, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, 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 Vega 3

AMD Radeon R7 260

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX Vega 3

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 0 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm

Launch date	7 January 2018 vs 17 December 2013
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 260

Around 10% higher boost clock speed: 1100 MHz vs 1000 MHz
4x more pipelines: 768 vs 192

Boost clock speed	1100 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Pipelines	768 vs 192

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX Vega 3
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R7 260

Name	AMD Radeon RX Vega 3	AMD Radeon R7 260
PassMark - G3D Mark		2892
PassMark - G2D Mark		559
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 Vega 3	AMD Radeon R7 260
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 5th gen	GCN 2.0
Code name	Vega Raven Ridge	Bonaire
Launch date	7 January 2018	17 December 2013
Place in performance rating	not rated	570
Type	Laptop	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	1000 MHz	1100 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	192	768
Transistor count	4500 million	2,080 million
Floating-point performance		1,536 gflops
Stream Processors		896
Texture fill rate		48 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		115 Watt
API support
DirectX	12.1	12
OpenCL	2.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Shader Model	6.0
Vulkan
Memory
Memory type	DDR4-2133, DDR4-2400	GDDR5
Shared memory	No
Maximum RAM amount		2 GB
Memory bandwidth		104 GB/s
Memory bus width		128 Bit
Memory clock speed		1625 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors		1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support		PCIe 3.0
Interface		PCIe 3.0 x16
Length		170 mm
Supplementary power connectors		1 x 6-pin
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
DDMA audio
FreeSync