NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Rev. 2 vs AMD Radeon R7 260

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Combined performance score

R7 260
7.46

GeForce GTX 780 Rev. 2 outperforms Radeon R7 260 by 38% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

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

Place in performance ranking495399
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for money1.001.48
ArchitectureGCN 2.0 (2013−2017)Kepler (2012−2018)
GPU code nameBonaireGK110B
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Designreferenceno data
Release date17 December 2013 (10 years old)10 September 2013 (10 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)$109 $649
Current price$205 (1.9x MSRP)$270 (0.4x MSRP)
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

GTX 780 Rev. 2 has 48% 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 cores7682304
Core clock speedno data863 MHz
Boost clock speed1100 MHz902 MHz
Number of transistors2,080 million7,080 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)115 Watt250 Watt
Texture fill rate48.00173.2
Floating-point performance1,536 gflops4,156 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 3.0no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Length170 mm267 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1 x 6-pin1x 6-pin + 1x 8-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 typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount2 GB3 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit384 Bit
Memory clock speed1625 MHz6008 MHz
Memory bandwidth104 GB/s288.4 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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
Eyefinity1no data
HDMI++
DisplayPort support+no data

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_1)
Shader Model6.35.1
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.01.2
Vulkanno data1.1.126
Mantle-no data
CUDAno data3.5

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 7.46 10.33
Recency 17 December 2013 10 September 2013
Cost $109 $649
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 3 GB
Power consumption (TDP) 115 Watt 250 Watt

The GeForce GTX 780 Rev. 2 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon R7 260 in performance tests.


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