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AMD Radeon R7 260X

Graphics Processor
Bonaire
Cores
896
TMUs
56
ROPs
16
Memory Size
2 GB
Memory Type
GDDR5
Bus Width
128 bit
GPU Chip
GPU
PCB Front
PCB Front
PCB Back
PCB Back
The Radeon R7 260X was a mid-range graphics card by AMD, launched on October 8th, 2013. Built on the 28 nm process, and based on the Bonaire graphics processor, in its Bonaire XTX variant, the card supports DirectX 12. This ensures that all modern games will run on Radeon R7 260X. The Bonaire graphics processor is an average sized chip with a die area of 160 mm² and 2,080 million transistors. It features 896 shading units, 56 texture mapping units, and 16 ROPs. AMD has paired 2,048 MB GDDR5 memory with the Radeon R7 260X, which are connected using a 128-bit memory interface. The GPU is operating at a frequency of 1100 MHz, memory is running at 1625 MHz (6.5 Gbps effective).
Being a dual-slot card, the AMD Radeon R7 260X draws power from 1x 6-pin power connector, with power draw rated at 115 W maximum. Display outputs include: 2x DVI, 1x HDMI 1.4a, 1x DisplayPort 1.2. Radeon R7 260X is connected to the rest of the system using a PCI-Express 3.0 x16 interface. The card measures 170 mm in length, and features a dual-slot cooling solution. Its price at launch was 139 US Dollars.

Graphics Processor

GPU Name
Bonaire
GPU Variant
Bonaire XTX
(215-0839097)
Architecture
GCN 2.0
Foundry
TSMC
Process Size
28 nm
Transistors
2,080 million
Density
13.0M / mm²
Die Size
160 mm²
Chip Package
FCBGA-1093

Graphics Card

Release Date
Oct 8th, 2013
Generation
Volcanic Islands
(R7 200)
Predecessor
Sea Islands
Successor
Pirate Islands
Production
End-of-life
Launch Price
139 USD
Bus Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
Reviews
29 in our database

Relative Performance

GeForce RTX 5090
2773%
GeForce RTX 4090
2115%
GeForce RTX 5080
1828%
GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER
1632%
GeForce RTX 4080
1618%
Radeon RX 7900 XTX
1617%
GeForce RTX 5070 Ti
1594%
Radeon RX 9070 XT
1523%
Radeon RX 7900 XT
1392%
GeForce RTX 3090 Ti
1367%
GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER
1366%
Radeon RX 9070
1364%
GeForce RTX 4070 Ti
1250%
GeForce RTX 5070
1237%
GeForce RTX 3090
1219%
GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
1203%
GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER
1165%
Radeon RX 7900 GRE
1147%
Radeon RX 6950 XT
1128%
GeForce RTX 4070
1112%
Radeon RX 6900 XT
1101%
GeForce RTX 3080
1084%
Radeon RX 7800 XT
1081%
Radeon RX 6800 XT
1042%
GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16 GB
968%
GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 8 GB
962%
Radeon RX 7700 XT
948%
Radeon RX 9060 XT 16 GB
919%
GeForce RTX 3070 Ti
917%
Radeon RX 6800
886%
Radeon RX 6750 XT
880%
Radeon RX 9060 XT 8 GB
867%
GeForce RTX 3070
858%
GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
851%
GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8 GB
847%
GeForce RTX 5060
834%
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
751%
Radeon RX 6700 XT
737%
GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER
685%
Radeon RX 7600 XT
679%
GeForce RTX 4060
677%
Arc B580
676%
GeForce RTX 5050
659%
GeForce RTX 2080
654%
Radeon RX 6650 XT
639%
Radeon RX 7600
638%
GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER
608%
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
601%
Arc A770
600%
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
579%
Radeon RX 6600 XT
570%
Radeon VII
569%
Arc A750
558%
Radeon RX 5700 XT
545%
GeForce RTX 2070
537%
Radeon RX 6600
513%
Arc A580
498%
GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER
498%
Radeon RX Vega 64
476%
GeForce RTX 2060
461%
Radeon RX 5700
459%
GeForce GTX 1080
450%
GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
442%
Radeon RX 5600 XT
438%
Radeon RX Vega 56
416%
GeForce GTX 1070
401%
GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
380%
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
379%
GeForce GTX 980 Ti
359%
GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
357%
Radeon R9 FURY X
353%
GeForce GTX 1660
349%
Radeon RX 590
330%
Radeon R9 FURY
321%
GeForce GTX 980
317%
GeForce GTX 1650 SUPER
314%
Radeon RX 6500 XT
310%
Radeon RX 5500 XT
308%
Radeon RX 580
305%
GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
298%
Radeon R9 390X
293%
GeForce GTX 690
290%
Radeon RX 480
287%
Radeon HD 7990
286%
GeForce GTX 780 Ti
281%
GeForce GTX 970
273%
Radeon R9 290X
273%
Radeon R9 390
268%
Radeon RX 570
265%
Radeon R9 290
251%
Radeon RX 470
248%
GeForce GTX 1650
233%
Radeon RX 6400
229%
Arc A380
226%
GeForce GTX 780
225%
Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
203%
GeForce GTX 590
203%
Radeon R9 280X
200%
Radeon HD 6990
196%
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
186%
GeForce GTX 680
182%
Radeon R9 380
180%
Radeon HD 7970
180%
GeForce GTX 770
180%
Radeon R9 285
179%
GeForce GTX 960
173%
GeForce GTX 670
169%
Radeon HD 5970
152%
GeForce GTX 1630
152%
Radeon HD 7950
150%
GeForce GTX 1050
149%
GeForce GTX 760
148%
GeForce GTX 580
148%
GeForce GTX 660 Ti
147%
Radeon R9 270X
146%
Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition
142%
GeForce GTX 950
141%
Radeon RX 560
133%
GeForce GTX 570
130%
GeForce GTX 660
130%
Radeon RX 460
130%
Radeon R7 370
130%
Radeon HD 6970
125%
GeForce GTX 480
120%
Radeon HD 7850
118%
GeForce GTX 295
115%
Radeon HD 6950
111%
GeForce GTX 750 Ti
111%
Radeon HD 4870 X2
109%
GeForce GTX 560 Ti
108%
Radeon HD 5870
105%
Radeon R7 260X
100%
Radeon HD 6870
98%
GeForce GTX 470
95%
GeForce GTX 650 Ti
91%
Radeon HD 5850
89%
GeForce GTX 285
83%
Radeon HD 6850
82%
GeForce GTX 280
76%
Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition
76%
GeForce GTX 275
76%
GeForce GT 1030
75%
GeForce GTX 460
74%
Radeon HD 4890
71%
Radeon HD 6790
70%
Radeon HD 5830
67%
GeForce GTX 650
63%
GeForce GTX 550 Ti
63%
Radeon HD 4870
62%
GeForce GTX 260
61%
Radeon HD 5770
60%
Radeon HD 7750
60%
Radeon HD 5750
52%
GeForce GTS 450
50%
GeForce GTS 250
49%
Radeon HD 4850
48%
Radeon HD 4770
45%
Radeon HD 4830
42%
Radeon HD 6670
41%
GeForce 9800 GT
40%
GeForce GT 640
38%
Radeon HD 5670
36%
GeForce 9600 GT
34%
GeForce GT 240
29%
GeForce GT 440
29%
Radeon HD 4670
27%
Radeon HD 5570
25%
GeForce GT 430
25%
GeForce GT 220
19%
GeForce GT 520
15%
Radeon HD 6450
14%
Radeon HD 5450
12%
Radeon HD 4550
10%
GeForce 9400 GT
8%
GeForce 210
6%
Based on TPU review data: "Performance Summary" at 1920x1080, 4K for RTX 3080 and faster.
Performance estimated based on architecture, shader count and clocks.

Clock Speeds

GPU Clock
1100 MHz
Memory Clock
1625 MHz
6.5 Gbps effective

Memory

Memory Size
2 GB
Memory Type
GDDR5
Memory Bus
128 bit
Bandwidth
104.0 GB/s

Render Config

Shading Units
896
TMUs
56
ROPs
16
Compute Units
14
L1 Cache
16 KB (per CU)
L2 Cache
256 KB

Theoretical Performance

Pixel Rate
17.60 GPixel/s
Texture Rate
61.60 GTexel/s
FP32 (float)
1.971 TFLOPS
FP64 (double)
123.2 GFLOPS (1:16)

Board Design

Slot Width
Dual-slot
Length
170 mm
6.7 inches
TDP
115 W
Suggested PSU
300 W
Outputs
2x DVI
1x HDMI 1.4a
1x DisplayPort 1.2
Power Connectors
1x 6-pin
Board Number
109-C58247-00D_02

Graphics Features

DirectX
12 (12_0)
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
2.1
Vulkan
1.2.170
Shader Model
6.5

Card Notes

1 GB Version:
Bonaire XT
1000 MHz Core Clock
1500 MHz Memory Clock

Bonaire GPU Notes

Generation: Sea Islands
Desktop Variant: Tobago
Mobile Variant: Saturn / Strato / Emerald
Graphics/Compute: GFX7 (gfx704)
Display Core Engine: 8.2
Unified Video Decoder: 4.2
Video Compression Engine: 2.0
System DMA: 1.0.0
CLRX: GCN 1.1.0

Latest Drivers:
Windows Vista :
Catalyst Software Suite 13.12

Windows 7:
32-bit: Radeon Software: Adrenalin Edition 18.9.3
64-bit: AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition 22.6.1

Windows 8:
Catalyst Software Suite 14.4

Windows 8.1:
32-bit: Radeon Software: Crimson ReLive Edition 16.12.2 / 17.1.2
64-bit: Radeon Software: Crimson ReLive Edition 17.4.4 / 17.7.1

Windows 10:
32-bit: Radeon Software: Adrenalin Edition 18.9.3
64-bit: AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition 22.6.1

Retail boards based on this design (38)

Name GPU Clock Memory Clock Other Changes
1100 MHz 1625 MHz
1000 MHz 1500 MHz 1024 MB, 216 mm/8.5 inches
1100 MHz 1625 MHz 216 mm/8.5 inches
1075 MHz 1600 MHz 1024 MB, 216 mm/8.5 inches
1188 MHz 1750 MHz 216 mm/8.5 inches
1075 MHz 1250 MHz 221 mm/8.7 inches
1160 MHz 1650 MHz 224 mm/8.8 inches
1100 MHz 1625 MHz 224 mm/8.8 inches
1075 MHz 1500 MHz 1024 MB, 203 mm/8 inches
1188 MHz 1625 MHz 203 mm/8 inches
1188 MHz 1625 MHz 279 mm/11 inches
1188 MHz 1625 MHz
1000 MHz 1500 MHz 1024 MB
1075 MHz 1600 MHz 1024 MB
1000 MHz 1500 MHz 1024 MB, 220 mm/8.7 inches
1100 MHz 1625 MHz 220 mm/8.7 inches
1075 MHz 1600 MHz 1024 MB, 220 mm/8.7 inches
1000 MHz 1500 MHz 1024 MB, 203 mm/8 inches
1050 MHz 1500 MHz 1024 MB, 203 mm/8 inches
1175 MHz 1625 MHz 203 mm/8 inches
1050 MHz 1500 MHz 203 mm/8 inches
1175 MHz 1500 MHz 203 mm/8 inches
1050 MHz 1250 MHz 203 mm/8 inches
1100 MHz 1500 MHz 203 mm/8 inches
1130 MHz 1500 MHz 171 mm/6.7 inches
1160 MHz 1650 MHz 220 mm/8.7 inches
1000 MHz 1250 MHz 177 mm/7 inches, 1x DVI 1x HDMI 1x DisplayPort
1050 MHz 1500 MHz 215 mm/8.5 inches, 1x DVI 1x HDMI 1x DisplayPort
1050 MHz 1500 MHz 1024 MB, 177 mm/7 inches, 1x DVI 1x HDMI 1x DisplayPort
1050 MHz 1500 MHz 177 mm/7 inches, 1x DVI 1x HDMI 1x DisplayPort
1150 MHz 1650 MHz
1160 MHz 1625 MHz
1000 MHz 1250 MHz 168 mm/6.6 inches
1075 MHz 1600 MHz 1024 MB, 168 mm/6.6 inches
1075 MHz 1600 MHz 1024 MB, 175 mm/6.9 inches
1075 MHz 1600 MHz 175 mm/6.9 inches
1100 MHz 1625 MHz
1100 MHz 1625 MHz 175 mm/6.9 inches
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