GeForce GTX 660 Ti vs Radeon R7 M260

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon R7 M260, which has a core clock frequency of 715 MHz and a DDR3 memory frequency of 1000 MHz. It also uses a 64-bit memory bus, and uses a 28 nm design. It is made up of 384 SPUs, 24 Texture Address Units, 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 660 Ti		6013 points
Radeon R7 M260		1120 points
	Difference: 4893 (437%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Memory Bandwidth

As far as performance goes, the GeForce GTX 660 Ti should theoretically be a lot better than the Radeon R7 M260 overall. (explain)

GeForce GTX 660 Ti		144000 MB/sec
Radeon R7 M260		16000 MB/sec
	Difference: 128000 (800%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 660 Ti should be a lot (approximately 497%) better at AF than the Radeon R7 M260. (explain)

GeForce GTX 660 Ti		102480 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R7 M260		17160 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 85320 (497%)

Pixel Rate

If running with lots of anti-aliasing is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 660 Ti is a better choice, by a large margin. (explain)

GeForce GTX 660 Ti		21960 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R7 M260		5720 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 16240 (284%)

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 (measured in MB per second) that can be transported across the external memory interface within a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by the speed of its memory. If the card has DDR RAM, it 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 texture map elements (texels) that can be processed in one 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 video card will be at 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 can possibly record to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel fill rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the max fill rate.