GeForce RTX 4070 Ti vs Radeon R7 260

Place in performance ranking	500	5
Place by popularity	not in top-100	75
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	1.04	29.74
Architecture	GCN 2.0 (2013−2017)	Ada Lovelace
GPU code name	Bonaire	AD104-400
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Design	reference	no data
Release date	17 December 2013 (10 years ago)	3 January 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$109	$799
Current price	$205 (1.9x MSRP)	$837 (1x MSRP)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

RTX 4070 Ti has 2760% 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 cores	768	7680
Core clock speed	no data	2310 MHz
Boost clock speed	1100 MHz	2610 MHz
Number of transistors	2,080 million	35,800 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	115 Watt	285 Watt
Texture fill rate	48.00	626.4
Floating-point performance	1,536 gflops	no 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 support	PCIe 3.0	no data
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	170 mm	336 mm
Width	2-slot	3-slot
Supplementary power connectors	1 x 6-pin	1x 12-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	GDDR6X
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	12 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	192 Bit
Memory clock speed	1625 MHz	21000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	104 GB/s	504.2 GB/s
Shared memory	no 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 Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
Eyefinity	1	no data
HDMI	+	+
DisplayPort support	+	no 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
FreeSync	1	no data
HD3D	-	no data
PowerTune	-	no data
TrueAudio	-	no data
ZeroCore	-	no data
DDMA audio	+	no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	DirectX® 12	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	6.3	6.7
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	2.0	3.0
Vulkan	no data	1.3
Mantle	-	no data
CUDA	no data	8.9

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 4070 Ti 82.26
+998%

GeForce RTX 4070 Ti outperforms Radeon R7 260 by 998% 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 4070 Ti 31766
+999%

GeForce RTX 4070 Ti outperforms Radeon R7 260 by 999% 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 4070 Ti 53360
+1118%

GeForce RTX 4070 Ti outperforms Radeon R7 260 by 1118% 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 HD	18−21 −1156%	226 +1156%
1440p	12−14 −1150%	150 +1150%
4K	8−9 −1063%	93 +1063%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

21−24

−1024%

236
+1024%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	10−11 −1210%	130−140 +1210%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	12−14 −1142%	140−150 +1142%
Battlefield 5	21−24 −1062%	240−250 +1062%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	10−11 −1100%	120−130 +1100%
Cyberpunk 2077	18−20 −1111%	218 +1111%
Far Cry 5	10−11 −1080%	110−120 +1080%
Far Cry New Dawn	18−20 −1017%	200−210 +1017%
Forza Horizon 4	21−24 −1095%	250−260 +1095%
Hitman 3	10−11 −1130%	120−130 +1130%
Horizon Zero Dawn	40−45 −1068%	467 +1068%
Metro Exodus	12−14 −1142%	140−150 +1142%
Red Dead Redemption 2	10−11 −1140%	120−130 +1140%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	50−55 −1050%	575 +1050%
Watch Dogs: Legion	12−14 −1108%	140−150 +1108%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	10−11 −1210%	130−140 +1210%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	12−14 −1142%	140−150 +1142%
Battlefield 5	21−24 −1062%	240−250 +1062%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	10−11 −1100%	120−130 +1100%
Cyberpunk 2077	16−18 −1056%	185 +1056%
Far Cry 5	10−11 −1080%	110−120 +1080%
Far Cry New Dawn	18−20 −1017%	200−210 +1017%
Forza Horizon 4	21−24 −1095%	250−260 +1095%
Hitman 3	10−11 −1130%	120−130 +1130%
Horizon Zero Dawn	30−33 −1057%	300−350 +1057%
Metro Exodus	7−8 −1086%	83 +1086%
Red Dead Redemption 2	10−11 −1140%	120−130 +1140%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	40−45 −1083%	473 +1083%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	40−45 −1033%	453 +1033%
Watch Dogs: Legion	12−14 −1108%	140−150 +1108%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	10−11 −1210%	130−140 +1210%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	12−14 −1142%	140−150 +1142%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	10−11 −1100%	120−130 +1100%
Cyberpunk 2077	14−16 −1093%	167 +1093%
Far Cry 5	10−11 −1080%	110−120 +1080%
Forza Horizon 4	21−24 −1095%	250−260 +1095%
Horizon Zero Dawn	30−33 −1070%	351 +1070%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	35−40 −1071%	410 +1071%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	18−20 −1133%	222 +1133%
Watch Dogs: Legion	12−14 −1167%	152 +1167%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

10−11

−1140%

120−130
+1140%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	14−16 −1086%	160−170 +1086%
Far Cry New Dawn	12−14 −1100%	140−150 +1100%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	9−10 −1000%	95−100 +1000%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	9−10 −1100%	100−110 +1100%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	10−11 −1020%	110−120 +1020%
Cyberpunk 2077	9−10 −1067%	105 +1067%
Far Cry 5	16−18 −1038%	182 +1038%
Forza Horizon 4	18−20 −1083%	210−220 +1083%
Hitman 3	10−11 −1110%	120−130 +1110%
Horizon Zero Dawn	24−27 −1038%	273 +1038%
Metro Exodus	12−14 −1133%	148 +1133%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	24−27 −1067%	280 +1067%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	14−16 −1029%	150−160 +1029%
Watch Dogs: Legion	10−11 −1110%	121 +1110%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

10−11

−1160%

120−130
+1160%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	8−9 −1000%	85−90 +1000%
Far Cry New Dawn	6−7 −1050%	65−70 +1050%
Hitman 3	6−7 −1167%	75−80 +1167%
Horizon Zero Dawn	12−14 −1033%	130−140 +1033%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	9−10 −1056%	104 +1056%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	12−14 −1142%	149 +1142%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	6−7 −1117%	70−75 +1117%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	6−7 −1050%	65−70 +1050%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	4−5 −1200%	50−55 +1200%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 −1100%	48 +1100%
Far Cry 5	4−5 −1150%	50−55 +1150%
Forza Horizon 4	14−16 −1086%	160−170 +1086%
Horizon Zero Dawn	14−16 −1050%	161 +1050%
Metro Exodus	10−11 −1020%	112 +1020%
Watch Dogs: Legion	6−7 −1033%	68 +1033%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

9−10

−1000%

95−100
+1000%

This is how R7 260 and RTX 4070 Ti compete in popular games:

RTX 4070 Ti is 1156% faster in 1080p
RTX 4070 Ti is 1150% faster in 1440p
RTX 4070 Ti is 1063% faster in 4K

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	7.49	82.26
Recency	17 December 2013	3 January 2023
Cost	$109	$799
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	12 GB
Chip lithography	28 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	115 Watt	285 Watt