AMD Radeon R7 265: specs and benchmarks

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 dual-slot 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.

General info

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

Place in performance ranking	353
Value for money	1.80
Architecture	GCN 1.0 (2012−2020)
GPU code name	Pitcairn
Market segment	Desktop
Design	reference
Release date	13 February 2014 (9 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)	$149
Current price	$279 (1.9x MSRP)	of 158889 (A100 PCIe)

Technical specs

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 cores	1024	of 20480 (Data Center GPU Max NEXT)
Boost clock speed	925 MHz	of 3599 (Radeon RX 7990 XTX)
Number of transistors	2,800 million	of 14400 (GeForce GTX 1080 SLI Mobile)
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	of 4 (GeForce RTX 4080)
Power consumption (TDP)	150 Watt	of 2400 (Data Center GPU Max Subsystem)
Texture fill rate	59.20	of 969.9 (H100 SXM5 96 GB)
Floating-point performance	1,894 gflops	of 16384 (Radeon Pro Duo)

Size and 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 support	PCIe 3.0
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	210 mm
Width	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	1 x 6-pin

Memory

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 type	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	of 128 (Radeon Instinct MI250X)
Memory bus width	256 Bit	of 8192 (Radeon Instinct MI250X)
Memory clock speed	1400 MHz	of 22400 (GeForce RTX 4080)
Memory bandwidth	179.2 GB/s	of 3276 (Aldebaran)

Video outputs and ports

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 Connectors	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
Eyefinity	1
HDMI	+
DisplayPort support	-

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.

AppAcceleration	-
CrossFire	1
Enduro	-
FreeSync	1
HD3D	-
PowerTune	-
TrueAudio	-
ZeroCore	-
DDMA audio	+

API support

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

DirectX	DirectX® 12
Shader Model	5.1
OpenGL	4.6
OpenCL	1.2
Mantle	-

Benchmark performance

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

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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.

Mining hashrates

Cryptocurrency mining performance of Radeon R7 265. Usually measured in megahashes per second.

Ethereum / ETH (DaggerHashimoto)

14.5 Mh/s

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.

Relative perfomance

Radeon R7 265's performance compared to nearest competitors among desktop video cards.

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