Radeon HD 7970M X2 vs R7 260X

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking549not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation3.20no data
Power efficiency4.97no data
ArchitectureGCN 2.0 (2013−2017)GCN 1.0 (2012−2020)
GPU code nameBonaireWimbledon
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Designreferenceno data
Release date8 October 2013 (11 years ago)24 April 2012 (13 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$139 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the performance-to-price ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices for comparison.

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Performance to price scatter graph

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores8961280 ×2
Core clock speedno data850 MHz
Boost clock speed1000 MHzno data
Number of transistors2,080 million2,800 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)115 Watt200 Watt
Texture fill rate61.6068.00 ×2
Floating-point processing power1.971 TFLOPS2.176 TFLOPS ×2
ROPs1632 ×2
TMUs5680 ×2

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 x16MXM-B (3.0)
Length170 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1 x 6-pinNone

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 typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount4 GB2 GB ×2
Memory bus width128 Bit256 Bit ×2
Memory clock speedno data1200 MHz
Memory bandwidth104 GB/s153.6 GB/s ×2

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 Connectors2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPortPortable Device Dependent
Eyefinity+-
HDMI+-

Supported technologies

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

FreeSync+-
DDMA audio+no data

API and SDK compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectXDirectX® 1212 (11_1)
Shader Model6.36.5 (5.1)
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.02.1 (1.2)
Vulkan-1.2.170

Pros & cons summary


Recency 8 October 2013 24 April 2012
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 2 GB
Power consumption (TDP) 115 Watt 200 Watt

R7 260X has an age advantage of 1 year, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and 73.9% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Radeon R7 260X and Radeon HD 7970M X2. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon R7 260X is a desktop graphics card while Radeon HD 7970M X2 is a notebook one.

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