Radeon R7 260X vs E8950

Place in the ranking	369	507
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	3.58
Power efficiency	10.23	4.94
Architecture	GCN 3.0 (2014−2019)	GCN 2.0 (2013−2017)
GPU code name	Amethyst	Bonaire
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Design	no data	reference
Release date	29 September 2015 (9 years ago)	8 October 2013 (11 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$139

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

no data

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	2048	896
Core clock speed	735 MHz	no data
Boost clock speed	1000 MHz	1000 MHz
Number of transistors	5,000 million	2,080 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	95 Watt	115 Watt
Texture fill rate	128.0	61.60
Floating-point processing power	4.096 TFLOPS	1.971 TFLOPS
ROPs	32	16
TMUs	128	56

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	no data	PCIe 3.0
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	no data	170 mm
Width	no data	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	None	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	8 GB	4 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1500 MHz	no data
Memory bandwidth	192.0 GB/s	104 GB/s

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 Connectors	No outputs	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.

FreeSync	-	+
DDMA audio	no data	+

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (12_0)	DirectX® 12
Shader Model	6.3	6.3
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	2.0	2.0
Vulkan	1.2.131	-

Gaming performance

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

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	14.17	8.28
Recency	29 September 2015	8 October 2013
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	4 GB
Power consumption (TDP)	95 Watt	115 Watt

Radeon E8950 has a 71.1% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 1 year, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and 21.1% lower power consumption.

The Radeon E8950 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon R7 260X in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon E8950 is a notebook card while Radeon R7 260X is a desktop one.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.