GeForce GTX 260 vs Geforce GTX 760

Intro

Compare those specs to the Geforce GTX 760, which comes with core speeds of 980 MHz on the GPU, and 1502 MHz on the 2048 MB of GDDR5 RAM. It features 1152 SPUs as well as 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 in theory be a lot 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 (about 155%) more effective at anisotropic filtering 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 should be much (approximately 94%) better at AA than the GeForce GTX 260, and will be able to handle higher resolutions without slowing down too much. (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 maximum amount of data (measured in MB per second) that can be moved across the external memory interface within a second. It's worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR type RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the bandwidth is, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and high resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the graphics card can possibly record to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the amount of ROPs by the the card's 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 output rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the max fill rate.