GeForce 8800 GTS (G92) vs Radeon R7 M260

Intro

Compare all that to the Radeon R7 M260, which has a clock speed of 715 MHz and a DDR3 memory speed of 1000 MHz. It also uses a 64-bit memory bus, and makes use of a 28 nm design. It is comprised of 384 SPUs, 24 TAUs, and 8 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically, the GeForce 8800 GTS (G92) should be a lot faster than the Radeon R7 M260 overall. (explain)

GeForce 8800 GTS (G92)		62080 MB/sec
Radeon R7 M260		16000 MB/sec
	Difference: 46080 (288%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce 8800 GTS (G92) is quite a bit (more or less 142%) faster with regards to texture filtering than the Radeon R7 M260. (explain)

GeForce 8800 GTS (G92)		41600 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R7 M260		17160 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 24440 (142%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce 8800 GTS (G92) is a lot (more or less 82%) faster with regards to FSAA than the Radeon R7 M260, and also should be able to handle higher resolutions without slowing down too much. (explain)

GeForce 8800 GTS (G92)		10400 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R7 M260		5720 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 4680 (82%)

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 (counted in MB per second) that can be transferred over the external memory interface in one second. The number is calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory clock speed. If it uses DDR type memory, the result 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 anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that are applied in one second. This number is calculated by multiplying the total amount of texture units by the core speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the 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 most pixels that the graphics card can possibly write to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel fill rate also depends on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.