GeForce GTX 980 vs Radeon R7 M260

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon R7 M260, which has clock speeds of 715 MHz on the GPU, and 1000 MHz on the 2048 MB of DDR3 memory. It features 384 SPUs along with 24 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 980		13552 points
Radeon R7 M260		1120 points
	Difference: 12432 (1110%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Memory Bandwidth

As far as performance goes, the GeForce GTX 980 should theoretically be quite a bit superior to the Radeon R7 M260 in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 980		224000 MB/sec
Radeon R7 M260		16000 MB/sec
	Difference: 208000 (1300%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 980 should be a lot (approximately 740%) better at texture filtering than the Radeon R7 M260. (explain)

GeForce GTX 980		144128 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R7 M260		17160 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 126968 (740%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 980 is a lot (approximately 1160%) more effective at full screen anti-aliasing than the Radeon R7 M260, and also should be capable of handling higher resolutions better. (explain)

GeForce GTX 980		72064 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R7 M260		5720 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 66344 (1160%)

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 largest amount of data (measured in megabytes per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface in one second. The number is calculated by multiplying the interface width by its memory clock speed. In the case of DDR memory, 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 higher screen resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels that the graphics card can possibly write to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the amount of ROPs by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the maximum fill rate.