GeForce GTX 560 vs Radeon R7 260X

Intro

Compare that to the Radeon R7 260X, which has GPU core speed of 1100 MHz, and 2048 MB of GDDR5 RAM running at 1625 MHz through a 128-bit bus. It also features 896 SPUs, 56 Texture Address Units, and 16 Raster Operation 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

Radeon R7 260X		4381 points
GeForce GTX 560		3030 points
	Difference: 1351 (45%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon R7 260X		115 Watts
GeForce GTX 560		150 Watts
	Difference: 35 Watts (30%)

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the GeForce GTX 560 should in theory be quite a bit better than the Radeon R7 260X in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 560		128128 MB/sec
Radeon R7 260X		104000 MB/sec
	Difference: 24128 (23%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon R7 260X is quite a bit (more or less 36%) better at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GTX 560. (explain)

Radeon R7 260X		61600 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 560		45360 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 16240 (36%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 560 should be much (more or less 47%) better at full screen anti-aliasing than the Radeon R7 260X, and should be able to handle higher resolutions better. (explain)

GeForce GTX 560		25920 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R7 260X		17600 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 8320 (47%)

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 max amount of data (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transported across the external memory interface in one second. The number is calculated by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory clock speed. In the case of DDR RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the bandwidth is, 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 number of texture map elements (texels) that are applied in one second. This figure is calculated by multiplying the total texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The better this number, 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 number of pixels the graphics card can possibly record to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the number of Render Output Units by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel fill rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the max fill rate.