AMD Radeon R7 260X
The AMD Radeon R7 260X is a mid-range desktop GPU that offers solid performance for gaming and multimedia tasks. With a memory size of 2GB and GDDR5 memory type, it provides enough power for running modern games at decent settings. The 1625MHz memory clock ensures smooth performance and efficient handling of graphics-intensive tasks.
With 896 shading units and 256KB L2 cache, the R7 260X is capable of handling complex shading and rendering tasks without breaking a sweat. The TDP of 115W ensures that it doesn't consume too much power, making it a viable option for users conscious of power consumption.
In terms of performance, the R7 260X delivers a theoretical performance of 1.971 TFLOPS, which makes it capable of handling most modern games and applications. In the 3DMark Time Spy benchmark, it scored 1476, indicating its ability to handle modern gaming titles with ease.
Overall, the AMD Radeon R7 260X is a capable mid-range GPU that offers good performance for its price point. While it may not be the top-of-the-line option, it provides enough power for casual and mid-level gamers, as well as multimedia enthusiasts. Its power efficiency and decent performance make it a good choice for budget-conscious users looking for a reliable GPU for their desktop system.
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Basic
Label Name
AMD
Platform
Desktop
Launch Date
October 2013
Model Name
Radeon R7 260X
Generation
Volcanic Islands
Bus Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
Transistors
2,080 million
Compute Units
14
TMUs
?
Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) serve as components of the GPU, which are capable of rotating, scaling, and distorting binary images, and then placing them as textures onto any plane of a given 3D model. This process is called texture mapping.
56
Foundry
TSMC
Process Size
28 nm
Architecture
GCN 2.0
Memory Specifications
Memory Size
2GB
Memory Type
GDDR5
Memory Bus
?
The memory bus width refers to the number of bits of data that the video memory can transfer within a single clock cycle. The larger the bus width, the greater the amount of data that can be transmitted instantaneously, making it one of the crucial parameters of video memory. The memory bandwidth is calculated as: Memory Bandwidth = Memory Frequency x Memory Bus Width / 8. Therefore, when the memory frequencies are similar, the memory bus width will determine the size of the memory bandwidth.
128bit
Memory Clock
1625MHz
Bandwidth
?
Memory bandwidth refers to the data transfer rate between the graphics chip and the video memory. It is measured in bytes per second, and the formula to calculate it is: memory bandwidth = working frequency × memory bus width / 8 bits.
104.0 GB/s
Theoretical Performance
Pixel Rate
?
Pixel fill rate refers to the number of pixels a graphics processing unit (GPU) can render per second, measured in MPixels/s (million pixels per second) or GPixels/s (billion pixels per second). It is the most commonly used metric to evaluate the pixel processing performance of a graphics card.
17.60 GPixel/s
Texture Rate
?
Texture fill rate refers to the number of texture map elements (texels) that a GPU can map to pixels in a single second.
61.60 GTexel/s
FP64 (double)
?
An important metric for measuring GPU performance is floating-point computing capability. Double-precision floating-point numbers (64-bit) are required for scientific computing that demands a wide numeric range and high accuracy, while single-precision floating-point numbers (32-bit) are used for common multimedia and graphics processing tasks. Half-precision floating-point numbers (16-bit) are used for applications like machine learning, where lower precision is acceptable.
123.2 GFLOPS
FP32 (float)
?
An important metric for measuring GPU performance is floating-point computing capability. Single-precision floating-point numbers (32-bit) are used for common multimedia and graphics processing tasks, while double-precision floating-point numbers (64-bit) are required for scientific computing that demands a wide numeric range and high accuracy. Half-precision floating-point numbers (16-bit) are used for applications like machine learning, where lower precision is acceptable.
1.932
TFLOPS
Miscellaneous
Shading Units
?
The most fundamental processing unit is the Streaming Processor (SP), where specific instructions and tasks are executed. GPUs perform parallel computing, which means multiple SPs work simultaneously to process tasks.
896
L1 Cache
16 KB (per CU)
L2 Cache
256KB
TDP
115W
Vulkan Version
?
Vulkan is a cross-platform graphics and compute API by Khronos Group, offering high performance and low CPU overhead. It lets developers control the GPU directly, reduces rendering overhead, and supports multi-threading and multi-core processors.
1.2
OpenCL Version
2.0
OpenGL
4.6
DirectX
12 (12_0)
Power Connectors
1x 6-pin
Shader Model
6.3
ROPs
?
The Raster Operations Pipeline (ROPs) is primarily responsible for handling lighting and reflection calculations in games, as well as managing effects like anti-aliasing (AA), high resolution, smoke, and fire. The more demanding the anti-aliasing and lighting effects in a game, the higher the performance requirements for the ROPs; otherwise, it may result in a sharp drop in frame rate.
16
Suggested PSU
300W
Benchmarks
FP32 (float)
Score
1.932
TFLOPS
3DMark Time Spy
Score
1506
Compared to Other GPU
FP32 (float)
/ TFLOPS
3DMark Time Spy