GeForce GT 240 GDDR5 1GB vs Radeon R7 260X

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon R7 260X, which makes use of a 28 nm design. AMD has set the core frequency at 1100 MHz. The GDDR5 memory works at a frequency of 1625 MHz on this specific card. It features 896 SPUs as well as 56 Texture Address Units and 16 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GT 240 GDDR5 1GB		70 Watts
Radeon R7 260X		115 Watts
	Difference: 45 Watts (64%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the Radeon R7 260X will be 91% faster than the GeForce GT 240 GDDR5 1GB in general, due to its higher bandwidth. (explain)

Radeon R7 260X		104000 MB/sec
GeForce GT 240 GDDR5 1GB		54400 MB/sec
	Difference: 49600 (91%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon R7 260X should be quite a bit (about 250%) better at texture filtering than the GeForce GT 240 GDDR5 1GB. (explain)

Radeon R7 260X		61600 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GT 240 GDDR5 1GB		17600 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 44000 (250%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon R7 260X should be a lot (more or less 300%) faster with regards to FSAA than the GeForce GT 240 GDDR5 1GB, and also able to handle higher resolutions more effectively. (explain)

Radeon R7 260X		17600 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GT 240 GDDR5 1GB		4400 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 13200 (300%)

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 max amount of information (in units of megabytes per second) that can be moved past the external memory interface in a second. It is worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR type memory, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the bandwidth is, 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 texture map elements (texels) that can be applied in one second. This number is calculated by multiplying the total texture units by the core speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the video card could possibly record to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the amount of ROPs by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel fill rate is also dependant on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the maximum fill rate.