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AMD logo Radeon R9 255
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AMD Radeon R9 255 logo NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 logo
General information Radeon R9 255 GeForce GTX 260
Launched Q2 2014 Q3 2012
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory AMD NVIDIA
Motherboard Bus PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Memory 2048 MB 0 % 896 MB 56.3 %
Core Clock 900 MHz 0 % 576 MHz 36 %
DirectX DirectX 12 DirectX 10
OpenGL OpenGL 4.4 OpenGL 3.3
Performance Radeon R9 255 GeForce GTX 260
Overall Score 19394 0 % 17783 8.3 %
Future Proof 33 % 0 % 21 % 36.4 %
Benchmark Score 3761 0 % 3162 15.9 %
2D Benchmark Score 397.5 0 % 59.6 85 %
Average DirectX performance 11.8 FPS 0 % 8.3 FPS 29.3 %
DirectX 9 performance 25.2 FPS 3.8 % 26.2 FPS 0 %
DirectX 10 performance 4 FPS 43.5 % 7.1 FPS 0 %
DirectX 11 performance 10 FPS 0 % 0 FPS 100 %
DirectX 12 performance 7.9 FPS 0 % 0 FPS 100 %
Graphic card computing 705.3 operations/s 0 % 0 operations/s 100 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Radeon R9 255, GeForce GTX 260.

Average frames per second Radeon R9 255 GeForce GTX 260
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 33.6 FPS 29.7 FPS
High settings 60.5 FPS 53.5 FPS
Medium settings 72.7 FPS 64.2 FPS
Low settings 101.7 FPS 89.9 FPS
Difference 0 % 11.6 %

Grand Theft Auto V Frames per second

Comparison of FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) in game Grand Theft Auto V for Radeon R9 255, GeForce GTX 260.

Grand Theft Auto V Radeon R9 255 GeForce GTX 260
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 31.2 FPS 28.5 FPS
High settings 56.2 FPS 51.3 FPS
Medium settings 67.4 FPS 61.5 FPS
Low settings 94.4 FPS 86.1 FPS
Difference 0 % 8.8 %
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