Radeon RX 7700S vs R7 265

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Aggregate performance score

R7 265
2014
4 GB GDDR5, 150 Watt
10.37

RX 7700S outperforms R7 265 by a whopping 292% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking40492
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation1.72no data
ArchitectureGCN 1.0 (2012−2020)RDNA 3
GPU code namePitcairnNavi 33
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Designreferenceno data
Release date13 February 2014 (10 years ago)5 January 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$149 no data
Current price$242 (1.6x MSRP)no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

no data

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 cores10242048
Boost clock speed925 MHz2200 MHz
Number of transistors2,800 million13,300 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)150 Watt100 Watt (75 - 100 Watt TGP)
Texture fill rate59.20300.8
Floating-point performance1,894 gflopsno data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on Radeon R7 265 and Radeon RX 7700S 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.

Laptop sizeno datalarge
Bus supportPCIe 3.0no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Length210 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 typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount4 GB8 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1400 MHz18000 MHz
Memory bandwidth179.2 GB/s288.0 GB/s
Shared memoryno data-

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
Eyefinity1no data
HDMI+no data
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
CrossFire1no data
Enduro-no data
FreeSync1no 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.

DirectXDirectX® 1212 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model5.16.7
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.22.1
Vulkanno data1.3
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 265 10.37
RX 7700S 40.66
+292%

RX 7700S outperforms R7 265 by 292% based on our aggregate 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 265 5220
RX 7700S 24246
+364%

RX 7700S outperforms R7 265 by 364% in 3DMark Fire Strike Graphics.

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD27−30
−330%
116
+330%
1440p14−16
−336%
61
+336%
4K10−12
−310%
41
+310%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 70−75
−280%
270−280
+280%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 70−75
−280%
270−280
+280%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 70−75
−286%
270−280
+286%
Battlefield 5 130−140
−285%
500−550
+285%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 80−85
−266%
300−310
+266%
Cyberpunk 2077 70−75
−280%
270−280
+280%
Far Cry 5 85−90
−245%
300−310
+245%
Far Cry New Dawn 100−105
−250%
350−400
+250%
Forza Horizon 4 150−160
−262%
550−600
+262%
Hitman 3 80−85
−261%
300−310
+261%
Horizon Zero Dawn 160−170
−266%
600−650
+266%
Metro Exodus 110−120
−251%
400−450
+251%
Red Dead Redemption 2 95−100
−265%
350−400
+265%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 202
−271%
750−800
+271%
Watch Dogs: Legion 95−100
−254%
350−400
+254%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 70−75
−280%
270−280
+280%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 70−75
−286%
270−280
+286%
Battlefield 5 130−140
−285%
500−550
+285%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 80−85
−266%
300−310
+266%
Cyberpunk 2077 70−75
−280%
270−280
+280%
Far Cry 5 85−90
−245%
300−310
+245%
Far Cry New Dawn 100−105
−250%
350−400
+250%
Forza Horizon 4 150−160
−262%
550−600
+262%
Hitman 3 80−85
−261%
300−310
+261%
Horizon Zero Dawn 160−170
−266%
600−650
+266%
Metro Exodus 110−120
−251%
400−450
+251%
Red Dead Redemption 2 95−100
−265%
350−400
+265%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 167
−289%
650−700
+289%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 147
−274%
550−600
+274%
Watch Dogs: Legion 95−100
−254%
350−400
+254%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 70−75
−280%
270−280
+280%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 70−75
−286%
270−280
+286%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 80−85
−266%
300−310
+266%
Cyberpunk 2077 70−75
−280%
270−280
+280%
Far Cry 5 85−90
−245%
300−310
+245%
Forza Horizon 4 150−160
−262%
550−600
+262%
Horizon Zero Dawn 160−170
−266%
600−650
+266%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 144
−282%
550−600
+282%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 84
−257%
300−310
+257%
Watch Dogs: Legion 95−100
−254%
350−400
+254%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 95−100
−265%
350−400
+265%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 75−80
−285%
300−310
+285%
Far Cry New Dawn 95−100
−268%
350−400
+268%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 40−45
−286%
170−180
+286%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 45−50
−278%
170−180
+278%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 60−65
−287%
240−250
+287%
Cyberpunk 2077 30−35
−264%
120−130
+264%
Far Cry 5 81
−270%
300−310
+270%
Forza Horizon 4 85−90
−253%
300−310
+253%
Hitman 3 50−55
−277%
200−210
+277%
Horizon Zero Dawn 85−90
−237%
300−310
+237%
Metro Exodus 75−80
−287%
290−300
+287%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 92
−280%
350−400
+280%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 55−60
−290%
230−240
+290%
Watch Dogs: Legion 35−40
−289%
140−150
+289%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 70−75
−286%
270−280
+286%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 40−45
−290%
160−170
+290%
Far Cry New Dawn 30−35
−282%
130−140
+282%
Hitman 3 30−35
−264%
120−130
+264%
Horizon Zero Dawn 50−55
−285%
200−210
+285%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 30−35
−275%
120−130
+275%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 43
−272%
160−170
+272%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 27−30
−257%
100−105
+257%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 24−27
−285%
100−105
+285%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 24−27
−285%
100−105
+285%
Cyberpunk 2077 14−16
−257%
50−55
+257%
Far Cry 5 24−27
−275%
90−95
+275%
Forza Horizon 4 55−60
−275%
210−220
+275%
Horizon Zero Dawn 50−55
−285%
200−210
+285%
Metro Exodus 40−45
−272%
160−170
+272%
Watch Dogs: Legion 21−24
−281%
80−85
+281%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 35−40
−289%
140−150
+289%

This is how R7 265 and RX 7700S compete in popular games:

  • RX 7700S is 330% faster in 1080p
  • RX 7700S is 336% faster in 1440p
  • RX 7700S is 310% faster in 4K

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 10.37 40.66
Recency 13 February 2014 5 January 2023
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 8 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 6 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 150 Watt 100 Watt

The Radeon RX 7700S is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon R7 265 in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon R7 265 is a desktop card while Radeon RX 7700S is a notebook one.


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