NVIDIA GeForce GT 745A
VS
AMD Radeon R7 260
NVIDIA GeForce GT 745A
VS
AMD Radeon R7 260

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 NVIDIA GeForce GT 745A  vs  AMD Radeon R7 260.

611
Place in performance rating
381
no data
Value for money (0-100)
36.74
Kepler
Architecture
GCN 2.0
GK107
Code name
Bonaire
Desktop
Type
Desktop
26 August 2013 (8 years ago)
Release date
17 December 2013 (7 years ago)
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Launch price (MSRP)
$109
$800
Price now
$159 (1.5x MSRP)
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Design
reference
0.13
Value for money
4.76
GK107
GPU code name
Bonaire
Desktop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Which GPU is better between NVIDIA GeForce GT 745A  vs  AMD Radeon R7 260 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.

384
Pipelines
768
837 MHz
Core clock speed
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915 MHz
Boost Clock
1100 MHz
1,270 million
Transistor count
2,080 million
28 nm
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
33 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
115 Watt
29.28
Texture fill rate
48.00
642.8 gflops
Floating-point performance
1,536 gflops
384
Pipelines / CUDA cores
768
915 MHz
Boost clock speed
1100 MHz
1,270 million
Number of transistors
2,080 million
33 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
115 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Let’s discuss how graphics cards NVIDIA GeForce GT 745A and AMD Radeon R7 260 come in different sizes (length), connector types and types of interfaces.

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

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 NVIDIA GeForce GT 745A vs AMD Radeon R7 260.

DDR3
Memory type
GDDR5
2 GB
Maximum RAM amount
2 GB
128 Bit
Memory bus width
128 Bit
1800 MHz
Memory clock speed
1625 MHz
28.8 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
104 GB/s

Video outputs and ports

Let’s find out the difference in extra ports between two graphics cards. What's the difference between NVIDIA GeForce GT 745A vs AMD Radeon R7 260.

No outputs
Display Connectors
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
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Eyefinity
1
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HDMI
+
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DisplayPort support
+

Technologies

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

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AppAcceleration
-
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FreeSync
1
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HD3D
-
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PowerTune
-
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TrueAudio
-
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ZeroCore
-
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DDMA audio
+
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Enduro
-

API support

The confrontation between the two contenders NVIDIA GeForce GT 745A and AMD Radeon R7 260 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. 

12 (11_0)
DirectX
DirectX® 12
4.6
OpenGL
4.6
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Shader Model
6.3
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OpenCL
2.0
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Mantle
-

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GeForce GT 745A and AMD Radeon R7 260 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 NVIDIA GeForce GT 745A or AMD Radeon R7 260 good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GT 745A
AMD Radeon R7 260
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GT 745A
AMD Radeon R7 260
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GT 745A
AMD Radeon R7 260
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GT 745A
AMD Radeon R7 260
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GT 745A
AMD Radeon R7 260
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 NVIDIA GeForce GT 745A

Less power consumption (33 Watt vs 115 Watt)

Advantages of AMD Radeon R7 260

8.09% faster in synthetic tests

Cheaper ($159 (1.5x MSRP) vs $800)

More pipelines (768 vs 384)

More memory bandwidth (104 GB/s vs 28.8 GB/s)

So, NVIDIA GeForce GT 745A or AMD Radeon R7 260?

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

NVIDIA GeForce GT 745A versus AMD Radeon R7 260 performance benchmarks comparison

Overall benchmark performance

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User rating

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