Radeon R7 265 vs Bonaire

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Combined performance score

Bonaire
8.20

Radeon R7 265 outperforms Bonaire by 26% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in performance ranking470401
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for moneyno data1.65
ArchitectureGCN 2.0 (2013−2017)GCN 1.0 (2012−2020)
GPU code nameBonairePitcairn
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Designno datareference
Release dateno data13 February 2014 (10 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$149
Current price$41 $242 (1.6x MSRP)
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Technical specs

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores8961024
Boost clock speedno data925 MHz
Number of transistors2,080 million2,800 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data150 Watt
Texture fill rateno data59.20
Floating-point performanceno data1,894 gflops

Size and compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Bus supportno dataPCIe 3.0
Interfaceno dataPCIe 3.0 x16
Lengthno data210 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data1 x 6-pin

Memory

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeno dataGDDR5
Maximum RAM amountno data4 GB
Memory bus widthno data256 Bit
Memory clock speedno data1400 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data179.2 GB/s

Video outputs and ports

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectorsno data2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
Eyefinityno data1
HDMIno data+
DisplayPort supportno data-

Technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

AppAccelerationno data-
CrossFireno data1
Endurono data-
FreeSyncno data1
HD3Dno data-
PowerTuneno data-
TrueAudiono data-
ZeroCoreno data-
DDMA audiono data+

API support

List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (12_0)DirectX® 12
Shader Model6.55.1
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.11.2
Vulkan1.2.170no data
Mantleno data-

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 8.20 10.33

The Radeon R7 265 is our recommended choice as it beats the Bonaire in performance tests.


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