GeForce GTX 950 vs Radeon R7 M260X

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon R7 M260X, which features a clock frequency of 825 MHz and a GDDR5 memory speed of 1000 MHz. It also uses a 128-bit bus, and uses a 28 nm design. It is made up of 384 SPUs, 24 TAUs, and 8 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce GTX 950, in theory, should perform quite a bit faster than the Radeon R7 M260X overall. (explain)

GeForce GTX 950		105728 MB/sec
Radeon R7 M260X		64000 MB/sec
	Difference: 41728 (65%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 950 is a lot (about 148%) more effective at texture filtering than the Radeon R7 M260X. (explain)

GeForce GTX 950		49152 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R7 M260X		19800 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 29352 (148%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 950 will be much (approximately 396%) faster with regards to AA than the Radeon R7 M260X, and also capable of handling higher screen resolutions without losing too much performance. (explain)

GeForce GTX 950		32768 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R7 M260X		6600 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 26168 (396%)

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 information (measured in MB per second) that can be moved past the external memory interface in one second. It's calculated by multiplying the interface width by the speed of its memory. In the case of DDR type RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the bandwidth is, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that are processed per second. This figure is worked out by multiplying the total texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the video 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 maximum amount of pixels the video card can possibly record to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the number of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel fill rate also depends on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the max fill rate.