GeForce RTX 3060 GA104
VS
AMD Radeon R7 260
GeForce RTX 3060 GA104
VS
AMD Radeon R7 260

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards GeForce RTX 3060 GA104 and AMD Radeon R7 260. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

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Place in performance rating
381
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Value for money (0-100)
36.74
Ampere
Architecture
GCN 2.0
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Code name
Bonaire
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Type
Desktop
1 September 2021 (less than a year ago)
Release date
17 December 2013 (7 years ago)
$329
Launch price (MSRP)
$109
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Price now
$159 (1.5x MSRP)
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Design
reference
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Value for money
4.76
GA104
GPU code name
Bonaire
Desktop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between GeForce RTX 3060 GA104 and AMD Radeon R7 260 based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

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Pipelines
768
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Boost Clock
1100 MHz
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Transistor count
2,080 million
8 nm
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
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Power consumption (TDP)
115 Watt
199.0
Texture fill rate
48.00
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Floating-point performance
1,536 gflops
3584
Pipelines / CUDA cores
768
1777 MHz
Boost clock speed
1100 MHz
17,400 million
Number of transistors
2,080 million
170 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
115 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the GeForce RTX 3060 GA104 and AMD Radeon R7 260.

PCIe 4.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
242 mm
Length
170 mm
1x 12-pin
Supplementary power connectors
1 x 6-pin
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Bus support
PCIe 3.0

Memory

Graphics card memory is used to store calculations. Modern software and 3D games require more and faster memory. The higher these parameters, the more productive the chip. The difference in these characteristics GeForce RTX 3060 GA104 and AMD Radeon R7 260 can be seen in this section.

GDDR6
Memory type
GDDR5
12 GB
Maximum RAM amount
2 GB
192 Bit
Memory bus width
128 Bit
15 GB/s
Memory clock speed
1625 MHz
360.0 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
104 GB/s

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards GeForce RTX 3060 GA104 and AMD Radeon R7 260, the size and number of monitors.

1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
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

The difference between GeForce RTX 3060 GA104 and AMD Radeon R7 260 is the additional functionality.

8.6
CUDA
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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 difference in supported APIs is GeForce RTX 3060 GA104 and AMD Radeon R7 260. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

12 Ultimate (12_2)
DirectX
DirectX® 12
4.6
OpenGL
4.6
1.2
Vulkan
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6.6
Shader Model
6.3
3.0
OpenCL
2.0
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Mantle
-

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for GeForce RTX 3060 GA104 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 GeForce RTX 3060 GA104 or AMD Radeon R7 260 good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) GeForce RTX 3060 GA104
AMD Radeon R7 260
Death Stranding (2020) GeForce RTX 3060 GA104
AMD Radeon R7 260
F1 2020 (2020) GeForce RTX 3060 GA104
AMD Radeon R7 260
Gears Tactics (2020) GeForce RTX 3060 GA104
AMD Radeon R7 260
Doom Eternal (2020) GeForce RTX 3060 GA104
AMD Radeon R7 260
Legend
5 Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
May Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
30 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 25 frames per second (fps)
40 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 35 frames per second (fps)
60 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 58 frames per second (fps)
May Run Fluently – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards show a smooth frame rate, comfortable for the game.
? Uncertain – Graphics cards testing has shown that a slower card can provide a high and stable frame rate for the same operation.
Uncertain – The work of the video card in the game is still being studied. Interpolation among analogs is not possible.
The value depicts the average frame rate. Hovering over the value, you can get individual results.

Advantages of GeForce RTX 3060 GA104

Finer manufacturing process technology (8 nm vs 28 nm)

More maximum RAM amount (12 GB vs 2 GB)

More memory bandwidth (360.0 GB/s vs 104 GB/s)

Advantages of AMD Radeon R7 260

14.39% faster in synthetic tests

So, GeForce RTX 3060 GA104 or AMD Radeon R7 260?

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

GeForce RTX 3060 GA104 versus AMD Radeon R7 260 performance benchmarks comparison

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