GeForce GT 340 1GB vs Radeon R7 260X

Intro

Compare all that to the Radeon R7 260X, which features a clock speed of 1100 MHz and a GDDR5 memory frequency of 1625 MHz. It also features a 128-bit bus, and makes use of a 28 nm design. It is made up of 896 SPUs, 56 Texture Address Units, and 16 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GT 340 1GB		69 Watts
Radeon R7 260X		115 Watts
	Difference: 46 Watts (67%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the Radeon R7 260X will be 91% quicker than the GeForce GT 340 1GB overall, due to its greater bandwidth. (explain)

Radeon R7 260X		104000 MB/sec
GeForce GT 340 1GB		54400 MB/sec
	Difference: 49600 (91%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon R7 260X is a lot (approximately 250%) better at AF than the GeForce GT 340 1GB. (explain)

Radeon R7 260X		61600 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GT 340 1GB		17600 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 44000 (250%)

Pixel Rate

If running with a high screen resolution is important to you, then the Radeon R7 260X is a better choice, by far. (explain)

Radeon R7 260X		17600 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GT 340 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 data (measured in megabytes per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface in a second. It's calculated by multiplying the interface width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR type RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the bandwidth is, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR 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 clock speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics card can possibly write to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the amount of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes 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 of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the maximum fill rate.