Radeon R7 250E vs R7 260

Place in performance ranking	496	634
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-Effectiveness Evaluation	1.01	0.11
Architecture	GCN 2.0 (2013−2017)	GCN 1.0 (2012−2020)
GPU code name	Bonaire	Cape Verde
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Design	reference	no data
Release date	17 December 2013 (10 years ago)	20 December 2013 (10 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$109	$109
Current price	$205 (1.9x MSRP)	$599 (5.5x MSRP)

Cost-Effectiveness Evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

R7 260 has 818% better value for money than R7 250E.

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	512
Core clock speed	no data	800 MHz
Boost clock speed	1100 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	2,080 million	1,500 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	115 Watt	55 Watt
Texture fill rate	48.00	25.60
Floating-point performance	1,536 gflops	819.2 gflops

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 3.0 x16
Length	170 mm	168 mm
Width	2-slot	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	1 x 6-pin	None

Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	1 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1625 MHz	4500 MHz
Memory bandwidth	104 GB/s	72 GB/s

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 DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
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 (11_1)
Shader Model	6.3	5.1
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	2.0	1.2
Vulkan	no data	1.2.131
Mantle	-	no 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 7.47
+74.5%

R7 250E 4.28

R7 260 outperforms R7 250E by 75% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

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
+122%

R7 250E 1970

R7 260 outperforms R7 250E by 122% in 3DMark Fire Strike Graphics.