ATI Radeon X1600 vs R7 260X

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking504not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation3.39no data
Power efficiency4.97no data
ArchitectureGCN 2.0 (2013−2017)Ultra-Threaded SE (2005−2007)
GPU code nameBonaireRV516
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Designreferenceno data
Release date8 October 2013 (11 years ago)2007 (17 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$139 no data

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 cores896no data
Core clock speedno data635 MHz
Boost clock speed1000 MHzno data
Number of transistors2,080 million105 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm90 nm
Power consumption (TDP)115 Watt27 Watt
Texture fill rate61.602.540
Floating-point processing power1.971 TFLOPSno data
ROPs164
TMUs564

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 1.0 x16
Length170 mmno data
Width2-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectors1 x 6-pinNone

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 typeGDDR5DDR2
Maximum RAM amount4 GB512 MB
Memory bus width128 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speedno data800 MBps
Memory bandwidth104 GB/s12.8 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 Connectors2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort2x DVI, 1x S-Video
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.

DirectXDirectX® 129.0c (9_3)
Shader Model6.33.0
OpenGL4.62.1
OpenCL2.0N/A
Vulkan-N/A

Synthetic benchmark performance

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



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 260X 3190
+6410%
ATI X1600 49

Pros & cons summary


Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 512 MB
Chip lithography 28 nm 90 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 115 Watt 27 Watt

R7 260X has a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 221.4% more advanced lithography process.

ATI X1600, on the other hand, has 325.9% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Radeon R7 260X and Radeon X1600. We've got no test results to judge.


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