GeForce GTS 250 1GB vs Geforce GTX 760

Intro

Compare all that to the Geforce GTX 760, which has a core clock frequency of 980 MHz and a GDDR5 memory speed of 1502 MHz. It also makes use of a 256-bit bus, and makes use of a 28 nm design. It is made up of 1152 SPUs, 96 Texture Address Units, and 32 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTS 250 1GB		145 Watts
Geforce GTX 760		170 Watts
	Difference: 25 Watts (17%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the Geforce GTX 760 should be a lot faster than the GeForce GTS 250 1GB overall. (explain)

Geforce GTX 760		192256 MB/sec
GeForce GTS 250 1GB		70400 MB/sec
	Difference: 121856 (173%)

Texel Rate

The Geforce GTX 760 will be much (approximately 99%) better at AF than the GeForce GTS 250 1GB. (explain)

Geforce GTX 760		94080 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTS 250 1GB		47232 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 46848 (99%)

Pixel Rate

If running with high levels of AA is important to you, then the Geforce GTX 760 is the winner, by far. (explain)

Geforce GTX 760		31360 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTS 250 1GB		11808 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 19552 (166%)

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 maximum amount of data (counted in MB per second) that can be transported past the external memory interface in a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by the speed of its memory. If the card has DDR type RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels the video card can possibly write to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the number of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel rate also depends on many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the maximum fill rate.