Key Differences
In short — GeForce GTX 970 outperforms Radeon R7 260X on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing GeForce GTX 970 is 346 days newer than Radeon R7 260X.
Advantages of AMD Radeon R7 260X
- Consumes up to 22% less energy than NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 - 115 vs 148 Watts
Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
- Performs up to 16% better in Dirt 5 than Radeon R7 260X - 107 vs 92 FPS
- Up to 100% more VRAM memory than AMD Radeon R7 260X - 4 vs 2 GB
Dirt 5
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra High
TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra High
Radeon R7 260X
Desktop • Oct 8th, 2013
GeForce GTX 970
Desktop • Sep 19th, 2014
Theoretical Performance
Radeon R7 260X
Desktop • Oct 8th, 2013
Pixel Fillrate
17.6 GPixel/s
26.678793390935272%
Texel Fillrate
61.6 GTexel/s
50.28571428571429%
GeForce GTX 970
Desktop • Sep 19th, 2014
Pixel Fillrate
65.97 GPixel/s
100%
Texel Fillrate
122.5 GTexel/s
100%
AMD Radeon R7 260X | vs | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 8th, 2013 | Release Date | Sep 19th, 2014 |
| Volcanic Islands | Generation | GeForce 900 |
$139 | MSRP | $329 |
| 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort | Outputs | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort |
| 1x 6-pin | Power Connectors | 2x 6-pin |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 2 GB | Memory | 4 GB |
| GDDR5 | Type | GDDR5 |
| 128-bit | Bus | 256-bit |
| 104 GB/s | Bandwidth | 224.4 GB/s |
1100 MHz | Base Clock Speed | 1050 MHz |
| Not Available | Boost Clock Speed | 1178 MHz |
| 1625 MHz | Memory Clock Speed | 1753 MHz |
