GeForce GTX 650 Ti vs Radeon R7 260X

Intro

Compare that to the Radeon R7 260X, which features a clock frequency of 1100 MHz and a GDDR5 memory speed of 1625 MHz. It also uses a 128-bit memory bus, and makes use of a 28 nm design. It is comprised of 896 SPUs, 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

Radeon R7 260X		4381 points
GeForce GTX 650 Ti		3434 points
	Difference: 947 (28%)

Ethereum Mining Hash Rate

Radeon R7 260X		14 Mh/s
GeForce GTX 650 Ti		10 Mh/s
	Difference: 4 (40%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 650 Ti		110 Watts
Radeon R7 260X		115 Watts
	Difference: 5 Watts (5%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically, the Radeon R7 260X should perform a bit faster than the GeForce GTX 650 Ti in general. (explain)

Radeon R7 260X		104000 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 650 Ti		86400 MB/sec
	Difference: 17600 (20%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon R7 260X will be just a bit (approximately 4%) better at texture filtering than the GeForce GTX 650 Ti. (explain)

Radeon R7 260X		61600 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 650 Ti		59392 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 2208 (4%)

Pixel Rate

If using high levels of AA is important to you, then the Radeon R7 260X is the winner, but only just. (explain)

Radeon R7 260X		17600 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 650 Ti		14848 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 2752 (19%)

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 largest amount of data (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transported past the external memory interface in a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by the speed of its memory. If the card has DDR type memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the card's memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the video card could possibly record to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the number of ROPs by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel output rate is also dependant on many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.