GeForce GTX Titan vs Radeon R7 260X

Intro

Compare all of that to the Radeon R7 260X, which makes use of a 28 nm design. AMD has clocked the core frequency at 1100 MHz. The GDDR5 memory is set to run at a frequency of 1625 MHz on this particular model. It features 896 SPUs along with 56 Texture Address Units and 16 Rasterization Operator Units.

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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 Titan		10162 points
Radeon R7 260X		4381 points
	Difference: 5781 (132%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon R7 260X		115 Watts
GeForce GTX Titan		250 Watts
	Difference: 135 Watts (117%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce GTX Titan, in theory, should be a lot faster than the Radeon R7 260X overall. (explain)

GeForce GTX Titan		288384 MB/sec
Radeon R7 260X		104000 MB/sec
	Difference: 184384 (177%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX Titan should be quite a bit (about 204%) better at anisotropic filtering than the Radeon R7 260X. (explain)

GeForce GTX Titan		187488 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R7 260X		61600 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 125888 (204%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX Titan will be a lot (approximately 128%) faster with regards to anti-aliasing than the Radeon R7 260X, and capable of handling higher screen resolutions without losing too much performance. (explain)

GeForce GTX Titan		40176 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R7 260X		17600 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 22576 (128%)

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 (counted in MB per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface within a second. It is worked out by multiplying the bus width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR 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 anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that can be processed in one second. This figure is calculated by multiplying the total amount of texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the graphics card will be at handling 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 the video card could possibly write to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the number of ROPs by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.