AMD Radeon R7 260X vs AMD Radeon R9 290 Full Specs

Summary

896 Shaders 1.1GHz	2,560 Shaders 947MHz
1GB GDDR5104GB/s	4GB GDDR5320GB/s
Peak·FP32·FP16 1.97 TFLOPS	Peak·FP32·FP16 4.85 TFLOPS
Form Factor PCIe Card	Form Factor PCIe Card
TDP 115W	TDP 250W
Power Connectors - 1x 6-Pin	Power Connectors 1x 8-Pin 1x 6-Pin

Highlights

Peak OPS

Peak OPS FP32 FP64 Memory Bandwidth TDP

Radeon R7 260X1.97 TFLOPSFP32

x1

Radeon R9 2904.85 TFLOPSFP32

x2.46

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Theoretical Performance

Clock Speed1100MHz UC·Boost·OC	Clock Speed947MHz UC·Boost·OC
Peak OPS 1.97 TFLOPSFP32	Peak OPS 4.85 TFLOPSFP32
FP32 1.97 TFLOPS	FP32 4.85 TFLOPS
FP64 123.2 GFLOPS	FP64 606.1 GFLOPS
Pixel Rate 17.6 GPixel/s	Pixel Rate 60.6 GPixel/s
Texture Rate 61.6 GTexel/s	Texture Rate 151.5 GTexel/s

Core Config

Shaders 896 Shaders	Shaders 2,560 Shaders
TMUs 56 TMUs	TMUs 160 TMUs
ROPs 16 ROPs	ROPs 64 ROPs
CUs 14 CUs	CUs 40 CUs

Clocks

Boost Clock 1.1GHz

Boost Clock 947MHz

Cache

L2 Cache 256KB shared

L2 Cache 1MB shared

Memory

1GB GDDR5	4GB GDDR5
Memory Bus 128-bit	Memory Bus 512-bit
Memory Speed 6.5GT/s	Memory Speed 5GT/s
Memory Bandwidth 104GB/s	Memory Bandwidth 320GB/s

Power & Thermals

TDP 115W

TDP 250W

Video Output

Multi-Monitor 3	Multi-Monitor 3
HDCP HDCP 1.4	HDCP HDCP 1.4

Ports

-	1x DisplayPort 1.2
1x HDMI 1.4	1x HDMI 1.4
-	2x DVI-D Dual-Link
1x DVI-I Dual-Link	-
1x VGA	-

Encoder

Encoder Model VCE 2.0

Encoder Model VCE 2.0

Decoder

Decoder Model UVD 4.2

Decoder Model UVD 4.2

Card

Form Factor PCIe Card	Form Factor PCIe Card
PCIe 2-Slots	PCIe 2-Slots
-	Height 110 mm (4.33") Width 275 mm (10.83") Depth 36 mm (1.42")
Cooling Open-Air 1x Fan	Cooling Blower 1x Fan
Power Connectors 1x 6-Pin	Power Connectors 1x 8-Pin, 1x 6-Pin

Chip

Manufacturer AMD	Manufacturer AMD
Chip Designer AMD	Chip Designer AMD
Architecture GCN 2	Architecture GCN 2
Family Radeon R 200	Family Radeon R 200
Branding	Branding
Codename Bonaire	Codename Hawaii
Chip Variant Bonaire XT	Chip Variant Hawaii Pro
Market Segment Desktop	Market Segment Desktop
Release Date Aug 8, 2013	Release Date Nov 5, 2013

Fabrication

Foundry TSMC	Foundry TSMC
Fabrication Node 28nm	Fabrication Node 28nm
Die Size 160mm²	Die Size 438mm²
Transistor Count 2.1 Billion	Transistor Count 6.2 Billion
Transistor Density 13 MTr/mm²	Transistor Density 14.16 MTr/mm²

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