GeForce GTX 260 vs Radeon R7 360

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon R7 360, which comes with a core clock speed of 1050 MHz and a GDDR5 memory speed of 1625 MHz. It also features a 128-bit bus, and makes use of a 28 nm design. It features 768 SPUs, 48 TAUs, and 16 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon R7 360		100 Watts
GeForce GTX 260		182 Watts
	Difference: 82 Watts (82%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce GTX 260 is 8% quicker than the Radeon R7 360 overall, due to its higher data rate. (explain)

GeForce GTX 260		111888 MB/sec
Radeon R7 360		104000 MB/sec
	Difference: 7888 (8%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon R7 360 should be quite a bit (approximately 37%) faster with regards to AF than the GeForce GTX 260. (explain)

Radeon R7 360		50400 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 260		36864 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 13536 (37%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon R7 360 will be a small bit (about 4%) more effective at AA than the GeForce GTX 260, and also will be able to handle higher resolutions while still performing well. (explain)

Radeon R7 360		16800 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 260		16128 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 672 (4%)

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 (in units of megabytes per second) that can be transferred over the external memory interface in one second. The number is worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR type RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the card's memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that are processed per second. This is worked out by multiplying the total number of texture units by the core speed of the chip. The higher this number, 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 chip could possibly write to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated 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 drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel fill 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 max fill rate.