GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 vs Radeon R7 370 4G

Intro

Compare all that to the Radeon R7 370 4G, which makes use of a 28 nm design. AMD has clocked the core frequency at 975 MHz. The GDDR5 RAM works at a frequency of 1400 MHz on this specific model. It features 1024 SPUs along with 64 TAUs and 32 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon R7 370 4G		110 Watts
GeForce GTX 260 Core 216		202 Watts
	Difference: 92 Watts (84%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically, the Radeon R7 370 4G should be quite a bit faster than the GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 in general. (explain)

Radeon R7 370 4G		179200 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 260 Core 216		111888 MB/sec
	Difference: 67312 (60%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon R7 370 4G is much (more or less 50%) faster with regards to AF than the GeForce GTX 260 Core 216. (explain)

Radeon R7 370 4G		62400 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 260 Core 216		41472 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 20928 (50%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon R7 370 4G is much (approximately 93%) faster with regards to AA than the GeForce GTX 260 Core 216, and also will be capable of handling higher resolutions without slowing down too much. (explain)

Radeon R7 370 4G		31200 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 260 Core 216		16128 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 15072 (93%)

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 maximum amount of information (measured in MB per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface in one second. It is calculated by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory clock speed. If the card has DDR RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the video card could possibly write to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the amount 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 output rate also depends on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.