GeForce GT 220 GDDR3 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 speed at 1100 MHz. The GDDR5 memory works at a frequency of 1625 MHz on this card. It features 896 SPUs along with 56 TAUs and 16 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GT 220 GDDR3		58 Watts
Radeon R7 260X		115 Watts
	Difference: 57 Watts (98%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically, the Radeon R7 260X should perform much faster than the GeForce GT 220 GDDR3 in general. (explain)

Radeon R7 260X		104000 MB/sec
GeForce GT 220 GDDR3		32384 MB/sec
	Difference: 71616 (221%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon R7 260X will be much (about 516%) faster with regards to texture filtering than the GeForce GT 220 GDDR3. (explain)

Radeon R7 260X		61600 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GT 220 GDDR3		10000 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 51600 (516%)

Pixel Rate

If using lots of anti-aliasing is important to you, then the Radeon R7 260X is superior to the GeForce GT 220 GDDR3, by far. (explain)

Radeon R7 260X		17600 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GT 220 GDDR3		5000 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 12600 (252%)

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 largest amount of data (counted in MB per second) that can be transported across the external memory interface in a second. It is worked out by multiplying the interface width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR type memory, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that can be processed in one second. This is calculated by multiplying the total texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the video card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels that the graphics card could possibly record to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the number of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the core 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 bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the maximum fill rate.