Geforce GTX 770 vs Radeon R7 260X

Intro

Compare that to the Radeon R7 260X, which makes use of a 28 nm design. AMD has set the core frequency at 1100 MHz. The GDDR5 RAM runs at a frequency of 1625 MHz on this particular model. It features 896 SPUs along with 56 TAUs and 16 ROPs.

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Benchmarks

These are real-world performance benchmarks that were submitted by Hardware Compare users. The scores seen here are the average of all benchmarks submitted for each respective test and hardware.

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics Score

Geforce GTX 770		7854 points
Radeon R7 260X		4381 points
	Difference: 3473 (79%)

Ethereum Mining Hash Rate

Geforce GTX 770		14 Mh/s
Radeon R7 260X		14 Mh/s
	Difference: 0 (0%)

Zcash Mining Hash Rate

Radeon R7 260X		95 Sol/s
Geforce GTX 770		70 Sol/s
	Difference: 25 (36%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon R7 260X		115 Watts
Geforce GTX 770		230 Watts
	Difference: 115 Watts (100%)

Memory Bandwidth

The Geforce GTX 770, in theory, should perform a lot faster than the Radeon R7 260X overall. (explain)

Geforce GTX 770		224384 MB/sec
Radeon R7 260X		104000 MB/sec
	Difference: 120384 (116%)

Texel Rate

The Geforce GTX 770 is much (more or less 117%) better at anisotropic filtering than the Radeon R7 260X. (explain)

Geforce GTX 770		133888 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R7 260X		61600 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 72288 (117%)

Pixel Rate

The Geforce GTX 770 should be a lot (approximately 90%) more effective at FSAA than the Radeon R7 260X, and should be able to handle higher screen resolutions while still performing well. (explain)

Geforce GTX 770		33472 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R7 260X		17600 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 15872 (90%)

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.

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Specifications

Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the max amount of information (measured 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 interface width by its memory speed. If it uses DDR type RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics card could possibly record to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the number of ROPs by the the core speed of the card. 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 lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the max fill rate.