GeForce GTX 280 vs Geforce GTX 760

Intro

Compare all of that to the Geforce GTX 760, which comes with GPU core speed of 980 MHz, and 2048 MB of GDDR5 RAM running at 1502 MHz through a 256-bit bus. It also is made up of 1152 Stream Processors, 96 Texture Address Units, and 32 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Geforce GTX 760		170 Watts
GeForce GTX 280		236 Watts
	Difference: 66 Watts (39%)

Memory Bandwidth

The Geforce GTX 760 should in theory perform a lot faster than the GeForce GTX 280 overall. (explain)

Geforce GTX 760		192256 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 280		141696 MB/sec
	Difference: 50560 (36%)

Texel Rate

The Geforce GTX 760 is much (about 95%) more effective at AF than the GeForce GTX 280. (explain)

Geforce GTX 760		94080 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 280		48160 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 45920 (95%)

Pixel Rate

The Geforce GTX 760 will be quite a bit (about 63%) better at FSAA than the GeForce GTX 280, and should be able to handle higher resolutions better. (explain)

Geforce GTX 760		31360 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 280		19264 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 12096 (63%)

Please note that the above 'benchmarks' are all just theoretical - the results were calculated based on the card's specifications, and real-world performance may (and probably will) vary at least a bit.

Price Comparison

Specifications

Memory Bandwidth: Bandwidth is the largest amount of information (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transferred across the external memory interface within a second. It's worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory speed. If it uses DDR type memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the bandwidth is, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that are applied in one second. This figure is worked out by multiplying the total texture units by the core speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics card can possibly record to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel output rate also depends on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.