RTX 2000 Ada Generation vs Radeon R7 265

Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon R7 265 with RTX 2000 Ada Generation, including specs and performance data.

R7 265
2014
4 GB GDDR5, 150 Watt
10.39

RTX 2000 Ada Generation outperforms R7 265 by a whopping 342% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking43372
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation5.0581.29
Power efficiency4.8045.42
ArchitectureGCN 1.0 (2011−2020)Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code namePitcairnAD107
Market segmentDesktopWorkstation
Designreferenceno data
Release date13 February 2014 (10 years ago)12 February 2024 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$149 $649

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

RTX 2000 Ada Generation has 1510% better value for money than R7 265.

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 cores10242816
Core clock speedno data1620 MHz
Boost clock speed925 MHz2130 MHz
Number of transistors2,800 million18,900 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)150 Watt70 Watt
Texture fill rate59.20187.4
Floating-point processing power1.894 TFLOPS12 TFLOPS
ROPs3248
TMUs6488
Tensor Coresno data88
Ray Tracing Coresno data22

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 4.0 x8
Length210 mm168 mm
Width2-slot2-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 typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount4 GB16 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1400 MHz2000 MHz
Memory bandwidth179.2 GB/s256.0 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 DisplayPort4x mini-DisplayPort 1.4a
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® 1212 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model5.16.8
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.23.0
Vulkan-1.3
CUDA-8.9

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 10.39 45.91
Recency 13 February 2014 12 February 2024
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 16 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 150 Watt 70 Watt

RTX 2000 Ada Generation has a 341.9% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 9 years, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 460% more advanced lithography process, and 114.3% lower power consumption.

The RTX 2000 Ada Generation is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon R7 265 in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon R7 265 is a desktop card while RTX 2000 Ada Generation is a workstation one.


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