Radeon HD 7850 Vs R7 260X [in 2 Benchmarks] - Technical City

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	506	571
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	2.62	3.16
Power efficiency	5.50	5.11
Architecture	GCN 1.0 (2012−2020)	GCN 2.0 (2013−2017)
GPU code name	Pitcairn	Bonaire
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Design	reference	reference
Release date	5 March 2012 (13 years ago)	8 October 2013 (12 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$249	$139

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices.

R7 260X has 21% better value for money than HD 7850.

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 cores	1024	896
Boost clock speed	1000 MHz	1000 MHz
Number of transistors	2,800 million	2,080 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	130 Watt	115 Watt
Texture fill rate	55.04	61.60
Floating-point processing power	1.761 TFLOPS	1.971 TFLOPS
ROPs	32	16
TMUs	64	56
L1 Cache	256 KB	224 KB
L2 Cache	512 KB	256 KB

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 support	PCIe 2.1 x16	PCIe 3.0
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	210 mm	170 mm
Width	2-slot	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	1 x 6-pin

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 type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	4 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1200 MHz	no data
Memory bandwidth	153.6 GB/s	104 GB/s

Connectivity and outputs

This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.

Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
Eyefinity	+	+
HDMI	+	+

Supported technologies

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

CrossFire	+	-
FreeSync	+	+
DDMA audio	no data	+

API and SDK support

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

DirectX	12	DirectX® 12
Shader Model	5.1	6.3
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	2.0
Vulkan	+	-