GeForce GTX 460 vs Radeon R7 M265

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon R7 M265, which features a core clock frequency of 725 MHz and a DDR3 memory frequency of 1000 MHz. It also features a 128-bit bus, and uses a 28 nm design. It is comprised of 384 SPUs, 24 TAUs, and 8 ROPs.

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Benchmarks

These are real-world performance benchmarks that were submitted by Hardware Compare users. The scores seen here are the average of all benchmarks submitted for each respective test and hardware.

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics Score

Radeon R7 M265		3256 points
GeForce GTX 460		2557 points
	Difference: 699 (27%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce GTX 460 is 170% quicker than the Radeon R7 M265 in general, due to its higher bandwidth. (explain)

GeForce GTX 460		86400 MB/sec
Radeon R7 M265		32000 MB/sec
	Difference: 54400 (170%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 460 should be quite a bit (approximately 117%) better at texture filtering than the Radeon R7 M265. (explain)

GeForce GTX 460		37800 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R7 M265		17400 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 20400 (117%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 460 is quite a bit (approximately 179%) better at full screen anti-aliasing than the Radeon R7 M265, and also should be capable of handling higher resolutions while still performing well. (explain)

GeForce GTX 460		16200 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R7 M265		5800 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 10400 (179%)

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.

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Specifications

Memory Bandwidth: Bandwidth is the max amount of information (in units of megabytes per second) that can be transported across the external memory interface within a second. It is calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by the speed of its memory. If the card has DDR type memory, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that can be applied per second. This number is worked out by multiplying the total texture units of the card 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 in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics card can possibly record to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the number of ROPs by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel output rate is also dependant on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.