GeForce RTX 2060 Super vs Radeon R7 260

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon R7 260 and GeForce RTX 2060 Super, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

R7 260
2013
2 GB GDDR5, 115 Watt
7.49

RTX 2060 Super outperforms R7 260 by a whopping 472% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking50077
Place by popularitynot in top-10019
Cost-effectiveness evaluation1.0429.50
ArchitectureGCN 2.0 (2013−2017)Turing (2018−2021)
GPU code nameBonaireTuring TU106
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Designreferenceno data
Release date17 December 2013 (10 years ago)2 July 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$109 $399
Current price$205 (1.9x MSRP)$374 (0.9x MSRP)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

RTX 2060 Super has 2737% better value for money than R7 260.

Detailed specifications

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 cores7682176
Core clock speedno data1470 MHz
Boost clock speed1100 MHz1650 MHz
Number of transistors2,080 million10,800 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)115 Watt175 Watt
Texture fill rate48.00224.4
Floating-point performance1,536 gflopsno data

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 supportPCIe 3.0no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Length170 mm229 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1 x 6-pin1x 8-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 typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount2 GB8 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed1625 MHz14000 MHz
Memory bandwidth104 GB/s448.0 GB/s
Shared memoryno data-

Connectivity and outputs

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 DisplayPort1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C
Eyefinity1no data
HDMI++
DisplayPort support+no data
G-SYNC supportno data+

Supported 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
VR Readyno data+

API compatibility

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

DirectXDirectX® 1212 Ultimate (12_1)
Shader Model6.36.5
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.01.2
Vulkanno data1.2.131
Mantle-no data
CUDAno data7.5

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 7.49
RTX 2060 Super 42.88
+472%

GeForce RTX 2060 Super outperforms Radeon R7 260 by 472% based on our aggregate 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
RTX 2060 Super 16558
+473%

GeForce RTX 2060 Super outperforms Radeon R7 260 by 473% 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
RTX 2060 Super 21970
+402%

GeForce RTX 2060 Super outperforms Radeon R7 260 by 402% 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:

Full HD18−21
−556%
118
+556%
1440p12−14
−475%
69
+475%
4K7−8
−543%
45
+543%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 88
−468%
500−550
+468%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 101
−445%
550−600
+445%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 81
−456%
450−500
+456%
Battlefield 5 163
−452%
900−950
+452%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 102
−439%
550−600
+439%
Cyberpunk 2077 79
−470%
450−500
+470%
Far Cry 5 130
−438%
700−750
+438%
Far Cry New Dawn 144
−456%
800−850
+456%
Forza Horizon 4 152
−459%
850−900
+459%
Hitman 3 94
−432%
500−550
+432%
Horizon Zero Dawn 231
−463%
1300−1350
+463%
Metro Exodus 144
−456%
800−850
+456%
Red Dead Redemption 2 122
−433%
650−700
+433%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 228
−470%
1300−1350
+470%
Watch Dogs: Legion 104
−429%
550−600
+429%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 85
−429%
450−500
+429%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 68
−415%
350−400
+415%
Battlefield 5 150
−467%
850−900
+467%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 95
−426%
500−550
+426%
Cyberpunk 2077 71
−463%
400−450
+463%
Far Cry 5 108
−456%
600−650
+456%
Far Cry New Dawn 106
−466%
600−650
+466%
Forza Horizon 4 271
−472%
1550−1600
+472%
Hitman 3 77
−419%
400−450
+419%
Horizon Zero Dawn 293
−463%
1650−1700
+463%
Metro Exodus 132
−468%
750−800
+468%
Red Dead Redemption 2 121
−437%
650−700
+437%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 184
−471%
1050−1100
+471%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 163
−452%
900−950
+452%
Watch Dogs: Legion 216
−456%
1200−1250
+456%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 61
−392%
300−310
+392%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 61
−392%
300−310
+392%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 71
−463%
400−450
+463%
Cyberpunk 2077 62
−465%
350−400
+465%
Far Cry 5 74
−441%
400−450
+441%
Forza Horizon 4 120
−442%
650−700
+442%
Horizon Zero Dawn 131
−434%
700−750
+434%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 156
−445%
850−900
+445%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 85
−429%
450−500
+429%
Watch Dogs: Legion 59
−408%
300−310
+408%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 114
−470%
650−700
+470%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 96
−421%
500−550
+421%
Far Cry New Dawn 114
−470%
650−700
+470%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 52
−458%
290−300
+458%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 47
−453%
260−270
+453%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 70
−471%
400−450
+471%
Cyberpunk 2077 40
−450%
220−230
+450%
Far Cry 5 88
−468%
500−550
+468%
Forza Horizon 4 98
−461%
550−600
+461%
Hitman 3 58
−417%
300−310
+417%
Horizon Zero Dawn 99
−456%
550−600
+456%
Metro Exodus 87
−417%
450−500
+417%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 114
−470%
650−700
+470%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 60−65
−447%
350−400
+447%
Watch Dogs: Legion 44
−468%
250−260
+468%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 82
−449%
450−500
+449%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 47
−453%
260−270
+453%
Far Cry New Dawn 41
−461%
230−240
+461%
Hitman 3 39
−464%
220−230
+464%
Horizon Zero Dawn 55−60
−436%
300−310
+436%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 38
−453%
210−220
+453%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 59
−408%
300−310
+408%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 35
−471%
200−210
+471%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 29
−452%
160−170
+452%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 30
−467%
170−180
+467%
Cyberpunk 2077 19
−426%
100−105
+426%
Far Cry 5 30
−467%
170−180
+467%
Forza Horizon 4 67
−422%
350−400
+422%
Horizon Zero Dawn 56
−436%
300−310
+436%
Metro Exodus 49
−471%
280−290
+471%
Watch Dogs: Legion 25
−460%
140−150
+460%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 42
−471%
240−250
+471%

This is how R7 260 and RTX 2060 Super compete in popular games:

  • RTX 2060 Super is 556% faster in 1080p
  • RTX 2060 Super is 475% faster in 1440p
  • RTX 2060 Super is 543% faster in 4K

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 7.49 42.88
Recency 17 December 2013 2 July 2019
Cost $109 $399
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 8 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 12 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 115 Watt 175 Watt

The GeForce RTX 2060 Super is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon R7 260 in performance tests.


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AMD Radeon R7 260
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