GeForce GTX 950 vs Radeon R7 240

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon R7 240, which has clock speeds of 730 MHz on the GPU, and 900 MHz on the 2048 MB of DDR3 RAM. It features 320 SPUs as well as 20 TAUs and 8 ROPs.

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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 950		6536 points
Radeon R7 240		1218 points
	Difference: 5318 (437%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon R7 240		30 Watts
GeForce GTX 950		90 Watts
	Difference: 60 Watts (200%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce GTX 950 should theoretically perform quite a bit faster than the Radeon R7 240 in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 950		105728 MB/sec
Radeon R7 240		28800 MB/sec
	Difference: 76928 (267%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 950 will be much (about 237%) faster with regards to anisotropic filtering than the Radeon R7 240. (explain)

GeForce GTX 950		49152 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R7 240		14600 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 34552 (237%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 950 should be quite a bit (more or less 461%) faster with regards to AA than the Radeon R7 240, and also will be able to handle higher screen resolutions more effectively. (explain)

GeForce GTX 950		32768 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R7 240		5840 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 26928 (461%)

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 (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transported past the external memory interface in one second. The number is worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory clock speed. In the case of DDR RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that can be processed per second. This figure is calculated by multiplying the total amount of texture units by the core 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 per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels that the graphics chip can possibly record to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the amount of ROPs by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel output rate is also dependant on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the max fill rate.