Xbox One S GPU vs Radeon R7 260

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking531not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation3.74no data
Power efficiency5.41no data
ArchitectureGCN 2.0 (2013−2017)GCN 1.0 (2011−2020)
GPU code nameBonaireDurango 2
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Designreferenceno data
Release date17 December 2013 (11 years ago)2 August 2016 (8 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$109 $399

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores768768
Core clock speedno data914 MHz
Boost clock speed1100 MHzno data
Number of transistors2,080 million5,000 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm16 nm
Power consumption (TDP)115 Watt95 Watt
Texture fill rate48.0043.87
Floating-point processing power1.536 TFLOPS1.404 TFLOPS
ROPs1616
TMUs4848

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 x16IGP
Length170 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1 x 6-pinno data

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 typeGDDR5DDR3
Maximum RAM amount2 GB8 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed1625 MHz1066 MHz
Memory bandwidth104 GB/s68.22 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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPortNo outputs
Eyefinity+-
HDMI+-
DisplayPort 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

API compatibility

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

DirectXDirectX® 1212 (11_1)
Shader Model6.35.1
OpenGL4.6N/A
OpenCL2.01.2
Vulkan-1.1

Pros & cons summary


Recency 17 December 2013 2 August 2016
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 8 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 16 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 115 Watt 95 Watt

Xbox One S GPU has an age advantage of 2 years, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 75% more advanced lithography process, and 21.1% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Radeon R7 260 and Xbox One S GPU. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon R7 260 is a desktop card while Xbox One S GPU is a notebook one.


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