GeForce 8800 GTX vs Radeon R7 M260

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon R7 M260, which comes with a GPU core clock speed of 715 MHz, and 2048 MB of DDR3 memory running at 1000 MHz through a 64-bit bus. It also features 384 SPUs, 24 TAUs, and 8 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce 8800 GTX should theoretically perform a lot faster than the Radeon R7 M260 overall. (explain)

GeForce 8800 GTX		86400 MB/sec
Radeon R7 M260		16000 MB/sec
	Difference: 70400 (440%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce 8800 GTX should be a lot (more or less 114%) better at texture filtering than the Radeon R7 M260. (explain)

GeForce 8800 GTX		36800 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R7 M260		17160 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 19640 (114%)

Pixel Rate

If running with a high resolution is important to you, then the GeForce 8800 GTX is the winner, and very much so. (explain)

GeForce 8800 GTX		13800 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R7 M260		5720 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 8080 (141%)

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 maximum amount of data (measured in MB per second) that can be moved over the external memory interface in one second. The number is worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR memory, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that are processed per second. This number is worked out by multiplying the total texture units by the core speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the video 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 maximum number of pixels the video card could 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 colour ROPs by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called 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, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the max fill rate.