amd
Brand2GB GDDR5
Memory768
Cores96 GB/s
BandwidthAMD Radeon R7 260
amd
Brand8GB GDDR5
Memory2304
Cores256 GB/s
BandwidthAMD Radeon RX 480
AMD Radeon R7 260
Radeon R7 260
$109 • Dec 2013
Radeon RX 480
$229 • Jun 2016
AMD Radeon RX 480
Specs Comparison
| Specification | AMD Radeon R7 260 | AMD Radeon RX 480 |
|---|---|---|
| Memory Size | 2 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| TDP | 95 W | 150 W |
| Core Clock | N/A | N/A |
| Boost Clock | N/A | 1266 MHz |
| Memory Bandwidth | 96 GB/s | 256 GB/s |
| Process Size | 28nm | 14nm |
| Architecture | GCN 2.0 | GCN 4.0 |
| Shading Units | 768 | 2304 |
| RT Cores | N/A | N/A |
| TMUs | 48 | 144 |
| ROPs | 16 | 32 |
| Memory Bus | 128-bit | 256-bit |
| Memory Clock | 1500 MHz | 2000 MHz |
| Pixel Rate | 16 GPixel/s | 40.51 GPixel/s |
| Texture Rate | 96 GTexel/s | 256 GTexel/s |
| FP32 Performance | 1.536 GFLOPS | 5.834 GFLOPS |
| L2 Cache | 0.25 MB | 2.00 MB |
| Die Size | 160 mm² | 232 mm² |
| Transistors | 2080 Million | 5700 Million |
| Required PSU | 250 W | 450 W |
| Power Connectors | 1x 6-pin | 1x 6-pin |
| Bus Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| DirectX | 12 | 12 |
| Vulkan | N/A | 1.3 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| Foundry | TSMC | GlobalFoundries |
Comparison in Synthetic Benchmarks
3DMark Time Spy
Synthetic DirectX 12 benchmark that measures GPU performance in gaming workloads
Graphics Score
AMD Radeon R7 260
AMD Radeon RX 480
Geekbench 6
Cross-platform benchmark that measures GPU compute performance using OpenCL and Metal APIs
OpenCL Score
AMD Radeon R7 260
AMD Radeon RX 480
GFXBench 5.0
Cross-platform 3D graphics benchmark suite that measures GPU performance across different APIs
Aztec Ruins High (FPS)
AMD Radeon R7 260
AMD Radeon RX 480
PassMark G2D
Comprehensive 2D graphics benchmark that measures GPU performance in various graphics operations
G2D Mark
AMD Radeon R7 260
AMD Radeon RX 480
Game Benchmarks Comparison
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AMD Radeon RX 480 Wins!
Based on 4 synthetic benchmarks
AMD Radeon R7 260
AMD • 2GB GDDR5
AMD Radeon RX 480
AMD • 8GB GDDR5
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