GeForce GTX 950M vs Radeon R7 260X

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon R7 260X, which comes with clock speeds of 1100 MHz on the GPU, and 1625 MHz on the 2048 MB of GDDR5 RAM. It features 896 SPUs as well as 56 TAUs and 16 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

Radeon R7 260X		4381 points
GeForce GTX 950M		3330 points
	Difference: 1051 (32%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 950M		55 Watts
Radeon R7 260X		115 Watts
	Difference: 60 Watts (109%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the Radeon R7 260X should perform quite a bit faster than the GeForce GTX 950M overall. (explain)

Radeon R7 260X		104000 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 950M		32000 MB/sec
	Difference: 72000 (225%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon R7 260X will be much (more or less 68%) more effective at texture filtering than the GeForce GTX 950M. (explain)

Radeon R7 260X		61600 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 950M		36560 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 25040 (68%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon R7 260X is a small bit (more or less 20%) faster with regards to full screen anti-aliasing than the GeForce GTX 950M, and also will be capable of handling higher resolutions while still performing well. (explain)

Radeon R7 260X		17600 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 950M		14624 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 2976 (20%)

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.

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Specifications

Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the largest amount of data (counted in MB per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface in one second. The number is worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by the speed of its memory. If it uses DDR memory, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the bandwidth is, 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 number of texture map elements (texels) that are processed in one 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 the texel rate, the better the graphics 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 maximum number of pixels the video card could possibly write to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the amount of colour ROPs by the clock 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 rate is also dependant on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.