GeForce GTX 260 vs Geforce GTX 760

Intro

Compare that to the Geforce GTX 760, which has GPU clock speed of 980 MHz, and 2048 MB of GDDR5 memory set to run at 1502 MHz through a 256-bit bus. It also features 1152 SPUs, 96 TAUs, and 32 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Geforce GTX 760		170 Watts
GeForce GTX 260		182 Watts
	Difference: 12 Watts (7%)

Memory Bandwidth

The Geforce GTX 760 should theoretically perform quite a bit faster than the GeForce GTX 260 overall. (explain)

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

Texel Rate

The Geforce GTX 760 should be a lot (more or less 155%) faster with regards to AF than the GeForce GTX 260. (explain)

Geforce GTX 760		94080 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 260		36864 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 57216 (155%)

Pixel Rate

The Geforce GTX 760 is quite a bit (about 94%) faster with regards to FSAA than the GeForce GTX 260, and will be capable of handling higher screen resolutions better. (explain)

Geforce GTX 760		31360 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 260		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 max amount of information (measured in megabytes per second) that can be moved across the external memory interface in one second. It is calculated by multiplying the interface width by its memory clock speed. In the case of DDR type RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the bandwidth is, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that can be processed in one second. This figure is worked out by multiplying the total amount of 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 applied in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the graphics card can possibly record to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the number of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel rate also depends on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the max fill rate.