Radeon R9 260 OEM vs GeForce GTX TITAN

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	312	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	2.88	no data
Power efficiency	6.03	no data
Architecture	Kepler (2012−2018)	GCN 2.0 (2013−2017)
GPU code name	GK110	Bonaire
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	19 February 2013 (13 years ago)	21 December 2013 (12 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$999	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices.

Performance to price scatter graph

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	2688	896
Core clock speed	837 MHz	1100 MHz
Boost clock speed	876 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	7,080 million	2,080 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	250 Watt	85 Watt
Texture fill rate	196.2	61.60
Floating-point processing power	4.709 TFLOPS	1.971 TFLOPS
ROPs	48	16
TMUs	224	56
L1 Cache	224 KB	224 KB
L2 Cache	1536 KB	256 KB

Form factor & 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 support	PCI Express 3.0	no data
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	267 mm	183 mm
Height	4.376" (11.1 cm)	no data
Width	2-slot	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin	1x 6-pin

VRAM capacity and type

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 type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB	1 GB
Memory bus width	384-bit GDDR5	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	6.0 GB/s	1625 MHz
Memory bandwidth	288.4 GB/s	104.0 GB/s

Connectivity and outputs

This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.

Display Connectors	One Dual Link DVI-I, One Dual Link DVI-D, One HDMI, One DisplayPort	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
Multi monitor support	4 displays	no data
HDMI	+	+
HDCP	+	-
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536	no data
Audio input for HDMI	Internal	no data

Supported technologies

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

Blu Ray 3D	+	-
3D Gaming	+	-
3D Vision	+	-
3D Vision Live	+	-

API and SDK support

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	12 (11_0)	12 (12_0)
Shader Model	5.1	6.3
OpenGL	4.4	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	2.0
Vulkan	1.1.126	1.2.131
CUDA	+	-

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	19 February 2013	21 December 2013
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB	1 GB
Power consumption (TDP)	250 Watt	85 Watt

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