NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470 vs AMD Radeon R7 260

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Combined performance score

R7 260
7.46

GeForce GTX 470 outperforms Radeon R7 260 by 7% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

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

Place in performance ranking495478
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for money1.008.13
ArchitectureGCN 2.0 (2013−2017)Fermi (2010−2014)
GPU code nameBonaireGF100
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Designreferenceno data
Release date17 December 2013 (10 years old)12 April 2010 (13 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)$109 $349
Current price$205 (1.9x MSRP)$9.98 (0x MSRP)
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

GTX 470 has 713% better value for money than R7 260.

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 cores768448
CUDA coresno data448
Core clock speedno data607 MHz
Boost clock speed1100 MHzno data
Number of transistors2,080 million3,100 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)115 Watt225 Watt
Maximum GPU temperatureno data105 °C
Texture fill rate48.0034.0 billion/sec
Floating-point performance1,536 gflops1,088.6 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 supportPCIe 3.016x PCI-E 2.0
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 2.0 x16
Length170 mm9.5" (241 mm) (24.1 cm)
Heightno data4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1 x 6-pinTwo 6-pins
SLI optionsno data+

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 typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount2 GB1280 MB
Memory bus width128 Bit320 Bit
Memory clock speed1625 MHz1674 MHz (3348 data rate)
Memory bandwidth104 GB/s133.9 GB/s
Shared memoryno data-

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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPortTwo Dual Link DVIMini HDMI
Multi monitor supportno data+
Eyefinity1no data
HDMI++
Maximum VGA resolutionno data2048x1536
DisplayPort support+no data
Audio input for HDMIno dataInternal

Technologies

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

AppAcceleration-no data
Enduro-no data
FreeSync1no data
HD3D-no data
PowerTune-no data
TrueAudio-no data
ZeroCore-no data
DDMA audio+no data

API support

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

DirectXDirectX® 1212 (11_0)
Shader Model6.35.1
OpenGL4.64.2
OpenCL2.01.1
Vulkanno dataN/A
Mantle-no data
CUDAno data+

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

R7 260 7.46
GTX 470 7.99
+7.1%

GeForce GTX 470 outperforms Radeon R7 260 by 7% in our combined benchmark results.


Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

R7 260 2891
GTX 470 3098
+7.2%

GeForce GTX 470 outperforms Radeon R7 260 by 7% in Passmark.

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

R7 260 4380
+58.8%
GTX 470 2758

Radeon R7 260 outperforms GeForce GTX 470 by 59% in 3DMark Fire Strike Graphics.

Gaming performance

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

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

900p45−50
−15.6%
52
+15.6%
Full HD55−60
−16.4%
64
+16.4%
1200p45−50
−17.8%
53
+17.8%

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 7.46 7.99
Recency 17 December 2013 12 April 2010
Cost $109 $349
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 1280 MB
Chip lithography 28 nm 40 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 115 Watt 225 Watt

We couldn't decide between Radeon R7 260 and GeForce GTX 470. The differences in performance seem too small.


Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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