GeForce GTX 960 vs Radeon R7 250X

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon R7 250X, which features a core clock speed of 1000 MHz and a GDDR5 memory frequency of 1125 MHz. It also features a 128-bit bus, and makes use of a 28 nm design. It is comprised of 640 SPUs, 40 TAUs, 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

GeForce GTX 960		7627 points
Radeon R7 250X		2860 points
	Difference: 4767 (167%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon R7 250X		95 Watts
GeForce GTX 960		120 Watts
	Difference: 25 Watts (26%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce GTX 960 should be quite a bit faster than the Radeon R7 250X in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 960		112000 MB/sec
Radeon R7 250X		72000 MB/sec
	Difference: 40000 (56%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 960 will be a lot (about 80%) better at AF than the Radeon R7 250X. (explain)

GeForce GTX 960		72128 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R7 250X		40000 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 32128 (80%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 960 will be quite a bit (about 125%) more effective at AA than the Radeon R7 250X, and able to handle higher resolutions while still performing well. (explain)

GeForce GTX 960		36064 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R7 250X		16000 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 20064 (125%)

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 information (counted in MB per second) that can be transferred across the external memory interface in a second. It's calculated by multiplying the bus width by its memory clock speed. If the card has DDR type memory, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. 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 number of texture map elements (texels) that are applied per second. This is calculated by multiplying the total number of texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the 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 most pixels that the graphics card can possibly write to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the amount of ROPs by the the core speed of the card. 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 many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the max fill rate.