GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 vs Geforce GTX 760

Intro

Compare that to the Geforce GTX 760, which features a clock speed of 980 MHz and a GDDR5 memory speed of 1502 MHz. It also features a 256-bit bus, and makes use of a 28 nm design. It is made up of 1152 SPUs, 96 TAUs, 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 260 Core 216		202 Watts
	Difference: 32 Watts (19%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically, the Geforce GTX 760 should be quite a bit faster than the GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 overall. (explain)

Geforce GTX 760		192256 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 260 Core 216		111888 MB/sec
	Difference: 80368 (72%)

Texel Rate

The Geforce GTX 760 is quite a bit (more or less 127%) better at AF than the GeForce GTX 260 Core 216. (explain)

Geforce GTX 760		94080 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 260 Core 216		41472 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 52608 (127%)

Pixel Rate

If running with lots of anti-aliasing is important to you, then the Geforce GTX 760 is the winner, by a large margin. (explain)

Geforce GTX 760		31360 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 260 Core 216		16128 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 15232 (94%)

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: Memory bandwidth is the largest amount of information (counted in megabytes per second) that can be moved over the external memory interface within a second. The number is calculated by multiplying the bus width by the speed of its memory. If the card has DDR memory, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the card's memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that can be processed per second. This is calculated by multiplying the total texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the graphics card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels that the graphics card could possibly record to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the number of Raster Operations Pipelines by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel output rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the maximum fill rate.