AMD Radeon R7 260
VS
ATI Radeon HD 5870
AMD Radeon R7 260
VS
ATI Radeon HD 5870

General info

The general info section in the graphics cards comparison list contains information about the date of release, type, overall rating and other useful data for identifying winner between AMD Radeon R7 260  vs  ATI Radeon HD 5870.

381
Place in performance rating
446
36.74
Value for money (0-100)
no data
GCN 2.0
Architecture
TeraScale 2
Bonaire
Code name
Cypress
Desktop
Type
Desktop
17 December 2013 (7 years ago)
Release date
23 September 2009 (12 years ago)
$109
Launch price (MSRP)
$399
$159 (1.5x MSRP)
Price now
$218 (0.5x MSRP)
reference
Design
no data
4.76
Value for money
2.05
Bonaire
GPU code name
Cypress
Desktop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Which GPU is better between AMD Radeon R7 260  vs  ATI Radeon HD 5870 in the fabrication process, power consumption, and also base and turbo frequency of the GPU is the most important part containing in the graphics cards hierarchy.

768
Pipelines
1600
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Core clock speed
850 MHz
1100 MHz
Boost Clock
no data
2,080 million
Transistor count
2,154 million
28 nm
Manufacturing process technology
40 nm
115 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
188 Watt
48.00
Texture fill rate
68.00
1,536 gflops
Floating-point performance
2,720.0 gflops
768
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1600
1100 MHz
Boost clock speed
no data
2,080 million
Number of transistors
2,154 million
115 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
188 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Let’s discuss how graphics cards AMD Radeon R7 260 and ATI Radeon HD 5870 come in different sizes (length), connector types and types of interfaces.

PCIe 3.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
170 mm
Length
282 mm
1 x 6-pin
Supplementary power connectors
2x 6-pin
PCIe 3.0
Bus support
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Memory

Graphics cards memory plays important role both in gaming and in applications for graphics. The card will perform much quicker and better, if it has more memory capacity and right memory type. What is the difference between AMD Radeon R7 260 vs ATI Radeon HD 5870.

GDDR5
Memory type
GDDR5
2 GB
Maximum RAM amount
1 GB
128 Bit
Memory bus width
256 Bit
1625 MHz
Memory clock speed
4800 MHz
104 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
153.6 GB/s

Video outputs and ports

Let’s find out the difference in extra ports between two graphics cards. What's the difference between AMD Radeon R7 260 vs ATI Radeon HD 5870.

1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
Display Connectors
2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
1
Eyefinity
no data
+
HDMI
+
+
DisplayPort support
no data

Technologies

Let’s have a look what is the difference. It is worthwhile to note that NVIDIA and AMD are using different technologies.

-
AppAcceleration
no data
1
FreeSync
no data
-
HD3D
no data
-
PowerTune
no data
-
TrueAudio
no data
-
ZeroCore
no data
+
DDMA audio
no data
-
Enduro
no data

API support

The confrontation between the two contenders AMD Radeon R7 260 and ATI Radeon HD 5870 is practically over. The hardware support (API) does not greatly affect the overall performance, it is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and other performance tests. 

DirectX® 12
DirectX
11.2 (11_0)
4.6
OpenGL
4.4
6.3
Shader Model
no data
2.0
OpenCL
no data
-
Mantle
no data

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for AMD Radeon R7 260 and ATI Radeon HD 5870 graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the AMD Radeon R7 260 or ATI Radeon HD 5870 good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) AMD Radeon R7 260
ATI Radeon HD 5870
Death Stranding (2020) AMD Radeon R7 260
ATI Radeon HD 5870
F1 2020 (2020) AMD Radeon R7 260
ATI Radeon HD 5870
Gears Tactics (2020) AMD Radeon R7 260
ATI Radeon HD 5870
Doom Eternal (2020) AMD Radeon R7 260
ATI Radeon HD 5870
Legend
5 Stutters – This game is very likely to stutter and have poor frame rates. Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, average frame rates are expected to fall below 25fps
May Stutter – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game. Based on interpolated information from surrounding graphics cards of similar performance levels, stutters and poor frame rates are expected.
30 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 25fps
40 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 35fps
60 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 58fps
May Run Fluently – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game. Based on interpolated information from surrounding graphics cards of similar performance levels, fluent frame rates are expected.
? Uncertain – This graphics card experienced unexpected performance issues during testing for this game. A slower card may be able to achieve better and more consistent frame rates than this particular GPU running the same benchmark scene.
Uncertain – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game and no reliable interpolation can be made based on the performances of surrounding cards of the same class or family.
The value in the fields displays the average frame rate of all values in the database. Move your cursor over the value to see individual results.

Advantages of AMD Radeon R7 260

2.62% faster in synthetic tests

Cheaper ($159 (1.5x MSRP) vs $218 (0.5x MSRP))

Finer manufacturing process technology (28 nm vs 40 nm)

Less power consumption (115 Watt vs 188 Watt)

More maximum RAM amount (2 GB vs 1 GB)

Advantages of ATI Radeon HD 5870

More pipelines (1600 vs 768)

More memory bandwidth (153.6 GB/s vs 104 GB/s)

So, AMD Radeon R7 260 or ATI Radeon HD 5870?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend AMD Radeon R7 260 .

AMD Radeon R7 260 versus ATI Radeon HD 5870 performance benchmarks comparison

Overall benchmark performance

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Passmark

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User rating

3.0 Out of 4 Hitesti Score
4.0 Out of 25 Hitesti Score