GeForce GTX 465 vs Radeon R7 260X

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce GTX 465 and Radeon R7 260X, there are a couple of things to consider. Cards with more VRAM in general perform better and allow you to play on higher graphics settings. Size also makes a difference. A model with a large heatsink can occupy up to three expansion slots on a motherboard. Be sure you have enough room in your PC case. When comparing GPUs with different architectures, more processing cores and even higher TFLOPS will not always translate to better performance. To help you decide which GPU you need, we have measured frame rates in a number of popular games. For more on how the GeForce GTX 465 stacks up against Radeon R7 260X, check out specs charts below.

Main Specs

  GeForce GTX 465 Radeon R7 260X
Power consumption (TDP) 200 Watt 115 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors Two 6-pins 1 x 6-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 4 GB
Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
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  • GeForce GTX 465 has 73% more power consumption, than Radeon R7 260X.
  • GeForce GTX 465 is connected by PCIe 2.0 x16, and Radeon R7 260X uses PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.
  • Radeon R7 260X has 3 GB more memory, than GeForce GTX 465.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • GeForce GTX 465 is build with Fermi architecture, and Radeon R7 260X - with GCN 2.0.
  • GeForce GTX 465 is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and Radeon R7 260X - by 28 nm process technology.
  • Radeon R7 260X is 161 mm longer, than GeForce GTX 465.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 14−16 16−18
ultra / 1080p 8−9 9−10
QHD / 1440p 3−4 4−5
low / 720p 30−33 30−35
medium / 1080p 18−20 20−22
The average gaming FPS of Radeon R7 260X in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 6% more, than GeForce GTX 465.

Full Specs

  GeForce GTX 465 Radeon R7 260X
Architecture Fermi GCN 2.0
Code name GF100 Bonaire
Type Desktop Desktop
Release date 31 May 2010 8 October 2013
Pipelines 352 896
Core clock speed 1215 MHz
Boost Clock 1000 MHz
Transistor count 3,100 million 2,080 million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 26.7 billion/sec 61.60
Floating-point performance 855.4 gflops 1,971 gflops
Length 9.5" (241 mm) (24.1 cm) 170 mm
Memory bus width 256 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1603 MHz (3206 data rate)
Memory bandwidth 102.6 GB/s 104 GB/s
DirectX 12 (11_0)
Shader Model 5.1 6.3
OpenGL 4.2 4.6
OpenCL 1.1 2.0
Vulkan N/A
CUDA +
FreeSync +
CUDA cores 352
Bus support PCI-E 2.0 x 16 PCIe 3.0
Height 4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)
SLI options +
Multi monitor support +
HDMI + +
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
Audio input for HDMI Internal
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 64 Mh/s 225 Mh/s
Eyefinity +
Design reference
DDMA audio +
Ethereum / ETH (DaggerHashimoto) 5.16 Mh/s
Compute performance 30x
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