AMD today released an entry-level GPU. It's the little brother of the 260X, the 260. The Radeon R7 260 is fitted with a Curacao Pro core which has cut down specifications with a total of 768 Stream processors, a compute performance of 1.54 TFlops, 1 GB of GDDR5 memory and a low TDP of 95W which will be supplied through a single 6-Pin power connector.
Clocks are set at 1.0 GHz for the core while the memory operates at 6.0 GHz effective clock speed aside a 128-bit memory interface. The card is PCI-Express 3.0 compatible
AMD Radeon R7 260 ‘Curacao Pro’ Specifications:
AMD Radeon R7 260X | AMD Radeon R7 260 | AMD Radeon R7 250 | |
GPU Codename | Curacao XT | Curacao Pro | Oland XT |
GPU Process | 28nm | 28nm | 28nm |
Stream Processors | 896 | 768 | 384 |
Core Clock | 1100 MHz | 1000 MHz | 1050 MHz |
VRAM | 2 GB GDDR5 | 1 GB GDDR5 | 1 GB GDDR5 |
Memory Clock | 6.5 GHz | 6.0 GHz | 4.60 GHz |
TDP | 115W | 95W | 65W |
Power Configuration | 6-Pin | 6-Pin | PCI-Express |
Compute Performance | 1.97 TFlops | 1.54 TFlops | 806 GLops |
Price | $149.99 US | $109.99 US | $89.99 US |
Launch | 8th October 2013 | Mid-January 2014 | 8th October 2013 |