GeForce RTX 2070 Super vs Radeon R7 260

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon R7 260 and GeForce RTX 2070 Super, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

R7 260
2013
2 GB GDDR5, 115 Watt
7.49

RTX 2070 Super outperforms R7 260 by a whopping 531% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking52570
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation3.5242.13
Power efficiency5.4815.28
ArchitectureGCN 2.0 (2013−2017)Turing (2018−2022)
GPU code nameBonaireTU104
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Designreferenceno data
Release date17 December 2013 (10 years ago)9 July 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$109 $499

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

RTX 2070 Super has 1097% better value for money than R7 260.

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 cores7682560
Core clock speedno data1605 MHz
Boost clock speed1100 MHz1770 MHz
Number of transistors2,080 million13,600 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)115 Watt215 Watt
Texture fill rate48.00283.2
Floating-point processing power1.536 TFLOPS9.062 TFLOPS
ROPs1664
TMUs48160
Tensor Coresno data320
Ray Tracing Coresno data40

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 supportPCIe 3.0no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Length170 mm267 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1 x 6-pin1x 6-pin + 1x 8-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 typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount2 GB8 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed1625 MHz1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth104 GB/s448.0 GB/s
Shared memory--

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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C
Eyefinity+-
HDMI++
DisplayPort support+-
G-SYNC support-+

Supported technologies

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

FreeSync+-
DDMA audio+no data
VR Readyno data+

API compatibility

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

DirectXDirectX® 1212 Ultimate (12_1)
Shader Model6.36.5
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.01.2
Vulkan-1.2.131
CUDA-7.5

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark 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 260 7.49
RTX 2070 Super 47.24
+531%

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

R7 260 2891
RTX 2070 Super 18229
+531%

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.

R7 260 4380
RTX 2070 Super 24640
+463%

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 HD21−24
−538%
134
+538%
1440p12−14
−575%
81
+575%
4K8−9
−563%
53
+563%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 94
+0%
94
+0%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 104
+0%
104
+0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 88
+0%
88
+0%
Battlefield 5 183
+0%
183
+0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 119
+0%
119
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 84
+0%
84
+0%
Far Cry 5 149
+0%
149
+0%
Far Cry New Dawn 158
+0%
158
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 277
+0%
277
+0%
Hitman 3 116
+0%
116
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 279
+0%
279
+0%
Metro Exodus 144
+0%
144
+0%
Red Dead Redemption 2 122
+0%
122
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 203
+0%
203
+0%
Watch Dogs: Legion 229
+0%
229
+0%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 172
+0%
172
+0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 74
+0%
74
+0%
Battlefield 5 172
+0%
172
+0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 120
+0%
120
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 78
+0%
78
+0%
Far Cry 5 120
+0%
120
+0%
Far Cry New Dawn 120
+0%
120
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 258
+0%
258
+0%
Hitman 3 113
+0%
113
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 270
+0%
270
+0%
Metro Exodus 144
+0%
144
+0%
Red Dead Redemption 2 92
+0%
92
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 198
+0%
198
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 95−100
+0%
95−100
+0%
Watch Dogs: Legion 215
+0%
215
+0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 65
+0%
65
+0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 66
+0%
66
+0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 91
+0%
91
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 73
+0%
73
+0%
Far Cry 5 83
+0%
83
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 153
+0%
153
+0%
Hitman 3 104
+0%
104
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 156
+0%
156
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 167
+0%
167
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 100
+0%
100
+0%
Watch Dogs: Legion 68
+0%
68
+0%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 114
+0%
114
+0%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 118
+0%
118
+0%
Far Cry New Dawn 86
+0%
86
+0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 57
+0%
57
+0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 53
+0%
53
+0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 73
+0%
73
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 47
+0%
47
+0%
Far Cry 5 66
+0%
66
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 255
+0%
255
+0%
Hitman 3 71
+0%
71
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 118
+0%
118
+0%
Metro Exodus 91
+0%
91
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 123
+0%
123
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 70−75
+0%
70−75
+0%
Watch Dogs: Legion 215
+0%
215
+0%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 95
+0%
95
+0%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 55
+0%
55
+0%
Far Cry New Dawn 48
+0%
48
+0%
Hitman 3 42
+0%
42
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 129
+0%
129
+0%
Metro Exodus 78
+0%
78
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 68
+0%
68
+0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 39
+0%
39
+0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 32
+0%
32
+0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 44
+0%
44
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 23
+0%
23
+0%
Far Cry 5 35
+0%
35
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 84
+0%
84
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 65
+0%
65
+0%
Watch Dogs: Legion 29
+0%
29
+0%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 59
+0%
59
+0%

This is how R7 260 and RTX 2070 Super compete in popular games:

  • RTX 2070 Super is 538% faster in 1080p
  • RTX 2070 Super is 575% faster in 1440p
  • RTX 2070 Super is 563% faster in 4K

All in all, in popular games:

  • there's a draw in 72 tests (100%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 7.49 47.24
Recency 17 December 2013 9 July 2019
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 8 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 12 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 115 Watt 215 Watt

R7 260 has 87% lower power consumption.

RTX 2070 Super, on the other hand, has a 530.7% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 5 years, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 133.3% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce RTX 2070 Super is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon R7 260 in performance tests.


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AMD Radeon R7 260
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