NVIDIA GeForce GT 745A
VS
AMD Radeon R7 260
NVIDIA GeForce GT 745A
VS
AMD Radeon R7 260

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GT 745A and AMD Radeon R7 260. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

611
Place in performance rating
381
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Value for money (0-100)
36.74
Kepler
Architecture
GCN 2.0
GK107
Code name
Bonaire
Desktop
Type
Desktop
26 August 2013 (8 years ago)
Release date
17 December 2013 (7 years ago)
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Launch price (MSRP)
$109
$800
Price now
$159 (1.5x MSRP)
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Design
reference
0.13
Value for money
4.76
GK107
GPU code name
Bonaire
Desktop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between NVIDIA GeForce GT 745A and AMD Radeon R7 260 based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

384
Pipelines
768
837 MHz
Core clock speed
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915 MHz
Boost Clock
1100 MHz
1,270 million
Transistor count
2,080 million
28 nm
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
33 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
115 Watt
29.28
Texture fill rate
48.00
642.8 gflops
Floating-point performance
1,536 gflops
384
Pipelines / CUDA cores
768
915 MHz
Boost clock speed
1100 MHz
1,270 million
Number of transistors
2,080 million
33 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
115 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the NVIDIA GeForce GT 745A and AMD Radeon R7 260.

PCIe 3.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
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Length
170 mm
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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 NVIDIA GeForce GT 745A and AMD Radeon R7 260 can be seen in this section.

DDR3
Memory type
GDDR5
2 GB
Maximum RAM amount
2 GB
128 Bit
Memory bus width
128 Bit
1800 MHz
Memory clock speed
1625 MHz
28.8 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
104 GB/s

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GT 745A and AMD Radeon R7 260, the size and number of monitors.

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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 NVIDIA GeForce GT 745A and AMD Radeon R7 260 is the additional functionality.

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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 NVIDIA GeForce GT 745A and AMD Radeon R7 260. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

12 (11_0)
DirectX
DirectX® 12
4.6
OpenGL
4.6
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Shader Model
6.3
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OpenCL
2.0
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Mantle
-

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GeForce GT 745A 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 NVIDIA GeForce GT 745A or AMD Radeon R7 260 good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GT 745A
AMD Radeon R7 260
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GT 745A
AMD Radeon R7 260
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GT 745A
AMD Radeon R7 260
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GT 745A
AMD Radeon R7 260
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GT 745A
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 NVIDIA GeForce GT 745A

Less power consumption (33 Watt vs 115 Watt)

Advantages of AMD Radeon R7 260

8.09% faster in synthetic tests

Cheaper ($159 (1.5x MSRP) vs $800)

More pipelines (768 vs 384)

More memory bandwidth (104 GB/s vs 28.8 GB/s)

So, NVIDIA GeForce GT 745A or AMD Radeon R7 260?

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

NVIDIA GeForce GT 745A versus AMD Radeon R7 260 performance benchmarks comparison

User rating

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