GeForce GTX 260 vs Radeon R7 360

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce GTX 260 and Radeon R7 360, 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 260 stacks up against Radeon R7 360, check out specs charts below.

Main Specs

  GeForce GTX 260 Radeon R7 360
Power consumption (TDP) 182 Watt 100 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 2x 6-pin 1 x 6-pin
Memory type GDDR3 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 896 MB 2 GB
Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x S-Video 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
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  • GeForce GTX 260 has 82% more power consumption, than Radeon R7 360.
  • GeForce GTX 260 is connected by PCIe 2.0 x16, and Radeon R7 360 uses PCIe 3.0 x16 interface.
  • GeForce GTX 260 has 894 GB more memory, than Radeon R7 360.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • GeForce GTX 260 is build with Tesla 2.0 architecture, and Radeon R7 360 - with GCN 2.0.
  • GeForce GTX 260 is manufactured by 65 nm process technology, and Radeon R7 360 - by 28 nm process technology.
  • Radeon R7 360 is 155 mm longer, than GeForce GTX 260.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon R7 360 is 5001 MHz higher, than GeForce GTX 260.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 3−4 16−18
ultra / 1080p 1−2 9−10
QHD / 1440p 0−1 4−5
4K / 2160p 4−5
low / 720p 14−16 30−35
medium / 1080p 5−6 20−22
The average gaming FPS of Radeon R7 360 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 233% more, than GeForce GTX 260.

Full Specs

  GeForce GTX 260 Radeon R7 360
Architecture Tesla 2.0 GCN 2.0
Code name GT200 Tobago
Type Desktop Desktop
Release date 16 June 2008 18 June 2015
Pipelines 192 768
Core clock speed 1242 MHz
Boost Clock 1000 MHz
Transistor count 1,400 million 2,080 million
Manufacturing process technology 65 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 36.9 billion/sec 50.40
Floating-point performance 476.9 gflops 1,613 gflops
Length 10.5" (267 mm) (26.7 cm) 165 mm
Memory bus width 448 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 999 MHz 6000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 111.9 GB/s 112 GB/s
DirectX 11.1 (10_0)
Shader Model 4.0 6.3
OpenGL 2.1 4.6
OpenCL 1.1 2.0
Vulkan N/A +
CUDA +
Monero / XMR (CryptoNight) 0.2 kh/s
FreeSync +
CUDA cores 192
Bus support 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 S/PDIF
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Eyefinity +
PowerTune +
TrueAudio +
Mantle +
Design reference
Bridgeless CrossFire +
Number of Eyefinity displays 6
DisplayPort support +
CrossFire +
VCE +
DDMA audio +
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