GeForce GT 440 3GB vs Radeon R7 M260X

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon R7 M260X, which uses a 28 nm design. AMD has set the core frequency at 825 MHz. The GDDR5 RAM is set to run at a speed of 1000 MHz on this particular model. It features 384 SPUs along with 24 TAUs and 8 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Memory Bandwidth

As far as performance goes, the Radeon R7 M260X should in theory be a lot better than the GeForce GT 440 3GB in general. (explain)

Radeon R7 M260X		64000 MB/sec
GeForce GT 440 3GB		43200 MB/sec
	Difference: 20800 (48%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon R7 M260X will be a lot (about 39%) better at texture filtering than the GeForce GT 440 3GB. (explain)

Radeon R7 M260X		19800 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GT 440 3GB		14256 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 5544 (39%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GT 440 3GB is a lot (more or less 116%) faster with regards to anti-aliasing than the Radeon R7 M260X, and also will be able to handle higher resolutions more effectively. (explain)

GeForce GT 440 3GB		14256 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R7 M260X		6600 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 7656 (116%)

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 data (counted in megabytes per second) that can be moved past the external memory interface within a second. It is calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR type RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the bandwidth is, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that can be applied in one second. This number is calculated by multiplying the total number of texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the graphics card will be at 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 graphics card could possibly record to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the amount of colour ROPs by the clock speed of the card. 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 rate also depends on many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the max fill rate.