PlayStation 4 GPU vs Radeon R7 265

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking438not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation5.28no data
Power efficiency4.76no data
ArchitectureGCN 1.0 (2011−2020)GCN 2.0 (2013−2017)
GPU code namePitcairnLiverpool
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Designreferenceno data
Release date13 February 2014 (10 years ago)24 November 2013 (11 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$149 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 cores10241152
Core clock speedno data800 MHz
Boost clock speed925 MHzno data
Number of transistors2,800 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology28 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)150 Watt75 Watt
Texture fill rate59.2057.60
Floating-point processing power1.894 TFLOPS1.843 TFLOPS
ROPs3232
TMUs6472

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
Length210 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
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 typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount4 GB8 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed1400 MHz1375 MHz
Memory bandwidth179.2 GB/s176.0 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 DisplayPortNo outputs
Eyefinity+-
HDMI+-

Supported technologies

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

CrossFire+-
FreeSync+-
DDMA audio+no data

API compatibility

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

DirectXDirectX® 1211.1*
Shader Model5.15.1
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.21.2
Vulkan-1.1

Pros & cons summary


Recency 13 February 2014 24 November 2013
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 8 GB
Power consumption (TDP) 150 Watt 75 Watt

R7 265 has an age advantage of 2 months.

PlayStation 4 GPU, on the other hand, has a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and 100% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Radeon R7 265 and PlayStation 4 GPU. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon R7 265 is a desktop card while PlayStation 4 GPU is a notebook one.


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