FirePro V7900 vs Radeon R7 260

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing FirePro V7900 and Radeon R7 260. Here you can take a closer look at graphics cards specs, such as core clock speed, memory type and size, display connectors, etc. The price, overall benchmark and gaming performances are usually defining factors when it comes to choosing between FirePro V7900 and Radeon R7 260. Make sure that the graphics card has compatible dimensions and will properly fit in your new or current computer case. Also these graphics cards may have different system power recommendations, so take that into consideration and upgrade your PSU if necessary.

Main Specs

  FirePro V7900 Radeon R7 260
Power consumption (TDP) 151 Watt 115 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin 1 x 6-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 2 GB
Display Connectors 4x DisplayPort 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
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  • FirePro V7900 has 31% more power consumption, than Radeon R7 260.
  • FirePro V7900 is connected by PCIe 2.0 x16, and Radeon R7 260 uses PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.
  • FirePro V7900 and Radeon R7 260 have maximum RAM of 2 GB.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • FirePro V7900 is build with TeraScale 3 architecture, and Radeon R7 260 - with GCN 2.0.
  • FirePro V7900 is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and Radeon R7 260 - by 28 nm process technology.
  • FirePro V7900 is 109 mm longer, than Radeon R7 260.
  • Memory clock speed of FirePro V7900 is 3375 MHz higher, than Radeon R7 260.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 10−12 14−16
ultra / 1080p 6−7 8−9
QHD / 1440p 1−2 3−4
low / 720p 24−27 30−35
medium / 1080p 14−16 18−20
The average gaming FPS of Radeon R7 260 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 36% more, than FirePro V7900.

Full Specs

  FirePro V7900 Radeon R7 260
Architecture TeraScale 3 GCN 2.0
Code name Cayman Bonaire
Type Workstation Desktop
Release date 24 May 2011 17 December 2013
Pipelines 1280 768
Core clock speed 725 MHz
Boost Clock 1100 MHz
Transistor count 2,640 million 2,080 million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 58.00 48.00
Floating-point performance 1,856.0 gflops 1,536 gflops
Length 279 mm 170 mm
Memory bus width 256 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 5000 MHz 1625 MHz
Memory bandwidth 160 GB/s 104 GB/s
DirectX 11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model 5.0 6.3
OpenGL 4.4 4.6
OpenCL 1.2 2.0
Vulkan N/A
FreeSync +
Bus support PCIe 2.1 x16 PCIe 3.0
HDMI +
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 171 Mh/s 240 Mh/s
Eyefinity +
Design reference
DisplayPort support +
DDMA audio +
Form factor full height / full length
StereoOutput3D +
DisplayPort count 4
Dual-link DVI support +
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