Radeon HD 7290 vs R7 265

General info

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

Place in performance ranking	402	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Value for money	1.67	no data
Architecture	GCN 1.0 (2012−2020)	Terascale 2 (2009−2015)
GPU code name	Pitcairn	Zacate
Market segment	Desktop	Laptop
Design	reference	no data
Release date	13 February 2014 (10 years ago)	1 July 2011 (12 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$149	no data
Current price	$242 (1.6x MSRP)	$160

Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Technical specs

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	1024	80
Core clock speed	no data	280 MHz
Boost clock speed	925 MHz	400 MHz
Number of transistors	2,800 million	450 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	150 Watt	18 Watt
Texture fill rate	59.20	3.200
Floating-point performance	1,894 gflops	no data

Size and compatibility

Information on Radeon R7 265 and Radeon HD 7290 compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Bus support	PCIe 3.0	no data
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	IGP
Length	210 mm	no data
Width	2-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	1 x 6-pin	no data

Memory

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	System Shared
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	System Shared
Memory bus width	256 Bit	System Shared
Memory clock speed	1400 MHz	System Shared
Memory bandwidth	179.2 GB/s	no data
Shared memory	no data	+

Video outputs and ports

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	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	No outputs
Eyefinity	1	no data
HDMI	+	no data
DisplayPort support	-	no data

Technologies

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

AppAcceleration	-	no data
CrossFire	1	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 support

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

DirectX	DirectX® 12	11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model	5.1	5.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.4
OpenCL	1.2	1.2
Vulkan	no data	N/A
Mantle	-	no data

Advantages and disadvantages

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Recency	13 February 2014	1 July 2011
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	System Shared
Chip lithography	28 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	150 Watt	18 Watt

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