Radeon R7 265: specs and benchmarks

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Aggregate performance score

Radeon R7 265 provides poor gaming and benchmark performance at 9.13% of a leader's which is RTX PRO 5000 Blackwell.

Summary

AMD started Radeon R7 265 sales 13 February 2014 at a recommended price of $149. This is a desktop graphics card based on a GCN 1.0 architecture and made with 28 nm manufacturing process. It is primarily aimed at gamer market. 4 GB of GDDR5 memory clocked at 1.4 GHz are supplied, and together with 256 Bit memory interface this creates a bandwidth of 179.2 GB/s.

Compatibility-wise, this is a dual-slot graphics card attached via PCIe 3.0 x16 interface. Its manufacturer default version has a length of 210 mm. 1 x 6-pin power connector is required, and power consumption is at 150 Watt.

Primary details

Some basic facts about Radeon R7 265: architecture, market segment, release date etc.

Place in the ranking483
Place by popularitynot in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation4.45
Power efficiency4.90of 100.00 (Radeon 890M)
ArchitectureGCN 1.0 (2012−2020)
GPU code namePitcairn
Market segmentDesktop
Designreference
Release date13 February 2014 (11 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$149 of 14,999 (Quadro Plex 7000)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

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Performance to price scatter graph

Detailed specifications

Radeon R7 265's specs such as number of shaders, GPU base clock, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of Radeon R7 265's performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider its benchmark and gaming test results.

Pipelines / CUDA cores1024of 960 (GeForce GTX 660)
Boost clock speed925 MHzof 1000 (HD Graphics (Haswell))
Number of transistors2,800 millionof 100,000 million (Data Center GPU Max 1100)
Manufacturing process technology28 nmof 0.003 MB (Arc Graphics 140V)
Power consumption (TDP)150 Wattof 235 (FirePro S9150)
Texture fill rate59.20of 1,968 (RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell)
Floating-point processing power1.894 TFLOPSof 126 (RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell)
ROPs32of 512 (Moore Threads MTT S4000)
TMUs64of 896 (Data Center GPU Max 1350)
L1 Cache256 KBof 64 MB (Data Center GPU Max 1550)
L2 Cache512 KBof 408 MB (Data Center GPU Max 1350)

Form factor & compatibility

This section provides details about the physical dimensions of Radeon R7 265 and its compatibility with other computer components. This information is useful when selecting a computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards, it includes details about the interface and bus (for motherboard compatibility) and additional power connectors (for power supply compatibility).

Bus supportPCIe 3.0
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16
Length210 mm
Width2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1 x 6-pin

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of memory installed on Radeon R7 265: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Note that GPUs integrated into processors have no dedicated memory and use a shared part of system RAM instead.

Memory typeGDDR5
Maximum RAM amount4 GBof 288 GB (Radeon Instinct MI325X)
Memory bus width256 Bitof 384 (GeForce GTX 980 Ti)
Memory clock speed1400 MHzof 16384000 MB (GeForce RTX 4050 Mobile)
Memory bandwidth179.2 GB/sof 983040 MB (GeForce RTX 5080)

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on Radeon R7 265. As a rule, this section is relevant only for desktop reference graphics cards, since for notebook ones the availability of certain video outputs depends on the laptop model, while non-reference desktop models can (though not necessarily will) bear a different set of video ports.

Display Connectors2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
Eyefinity+
HDMI+

Supported technologies

Technological solutions and APIs supported by Radeon R7 265. You'll probably need this information if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

CrossFire+
FreeSync+
DDMA audio+

API and SDK support

APIs supported by Radeon R7 265, sometimes including their particular versions.

DirectXDirectX® 12
Shader Model5.1
OpenGL4.6
OpenCL1.2

Benchmark performance

Synthetic benchmark performance of Radeon R7 265. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score.

R7 265
9.13

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.

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Gaming performance

Let's see how good Radeon R7 265 is for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in frames per second. Comparisons with game system requirements are included, but remember that sometimes official requirements may reflect reality inaccurately.

Closest competitors

Radeon R7 265's performance relative to its closest rivals among desktop graphics cards.


NVIDIA equivalent

According to our data, the closest NVIDIA alternative to Radeon R7 265 is GeForce GTX 660, which is nearly equal in speed and lower by 1 position in our ranking.

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