GeForce GTX 570 vs Radeon R7 260X

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon R7 260X, which uses 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 specific 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 570		4387 points
Radeon R7 260X		4381 points
	Difference: 6 (0%)

Ethereum Mining Hash Rate

Radeon R7 260X		14 Mh/s
GeForce GTX 570		13 Mh/s
	Difference: 1 (8%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon R7 260X		115 Watts
GeForce GTX 570		219 Watts
	Difference: 104 Watts (90%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically, the GeForce GTX 570 should be a lot faster than the Radeon R7 260X overall. (explain)

GeForce GTX 570		152000 MB/sec
Radeon R7 260X		104000 MB/sec
	Difference: 48000 (46%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon R7 260X will be quite a bit (more or less 40%) faster with regards to anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GTX 570. (explain)

Radeon R7 260X		61600 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 570		43920 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 17680 (40%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 570 will be much (more or less 66%) better at anti-aliasing than the Radeon R7 260X, and will be able to handle higher resolutions without losing too much performance. (explain)

GeForce GTX 570		29280 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R7 260X		17600 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 11680 (66%)

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: Bandwidth is the max amount of information (measured in MB per second) that can be moved past the external memory interface in one second. It's worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory clock speed. In the case of DDR RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the memory bandwidth, the better 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 are processed in one second. This is worked out by multiplying the total texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the video 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 can possibly write to the 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 clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel 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 reach the maximum fill rate.