GeForce 8800 GTS (G92) vs Radeon R7 M260X

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon R7 M260X, which features a clock speed of 825 MHz and a GDDR5 memory speed of 1000 MHz. It also makes use of a 128-bit memory bus, and uses 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

Performance-wise, the Radeon R7 M260X should in theory be a bit better than the GeForce 8800 GTS (G92) overall. (explain)

Radeon R7 M260X		64000 MB/sec
GeForce 8800 GTS (G92)		62080 MB/sec
	Difference: 1920 (3%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce 8800 GTS (G92) is quite a bit (about 110%) better at AF than the Radeon R7 M260X. (explain)

GeForce 8800 GTS (G92)		41600 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R7 M260X		19800 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 21800 (110%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce 8800 GTS (G92) is a lot (more or less 58%) better at full screen anti-aliasing than the Radeon R7 M260X, and able to handle higher screen resolutions without slowing down too much. (explain)

GeForce 8800 GTS (G92)		10400 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R7 M260X		6600 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 3800 (58%)

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 max amount of data (measured in MB per second) that can be transferred across the external memory interface in a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the interface width by its memory speed. If it uses DDR RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that can be applied in one second. This is worked out by multiplying the total number of texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the video card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed in a 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 number is calculated by multiplying the number 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 filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel fill rate also depends on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the max fill rate.