GeForce GTX 460 SE vs Radeon R7 M260

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon R7 M260, which features a core clock frequency of 715 MHz and a DDR3 memory speed of 1000 MHz. It also makes use of a 64-bit bus, and uses a 28 nm design. It is made up of 384 SPUs, 24 Texture Address Units, and 8 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Memory Bandwidth

As far as performance goes, the GeForce GTX 460 SE should in theory be quite a bit superior to the Radeon R7 M260 in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 460 SE		108800 MB/sec
Radeon R7 M260		16000 MB/sec
	Difference: 92800 (580%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 460 SE is a lot (approximately 82%) faster with regards to texture filtering than the Radeon R7 M260. (explain)

GeForce GTX 460 SE		31200 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R7 M260		17160 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 14040 (82%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 460 SE is much (about 264%) more effective at AA than the Radeon R7 M260, and also should be able to handle higher screen resolutions more effectively. (explain)

GeForce GTX 460 SE		20800 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R7 M260		5720 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 15080 (264%)

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 (counted in MB per second) that can be transferred across the external memory interface in a second. It is calculated by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR type RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better 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 amount of texture map elements (texels) that can be processed per second. This figure is worked out by multiplying the total amount of texture units by the core speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the graphics card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels per second.

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