Radeon R7 260X vs Radeon RX 480 4GB

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon RX 480 4GB, which features clock speeds of 1120 MHz on the GPU, and 1750 MHz on the 4096 MB of GDDR5 RAM. It features 2304 SPUs as well as 144 TAUs and 32 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.

Ethereum Mining Hash Rate

Radeon RX 480 4GB		25 Mh/s
Radeon R7 260X		14 Mh/s
	Difference: 11 (79%)

Zcash Mining Hash Rate

Radeon RX 480 4GB		267 Sol/s
Radeon R7 260X		95 Sol/s
	Difference: 172 (181%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon R7 260X		115 Watts
Radeon RX 480 4GB		150 Watts
	Difference: 35 Watts (30%)

Memory Bandwidth

As far as performance goes, the Radeon RX 480 4GB should theoretically be quite a bit better than the Radeon R7 260X in general. (explain)

Radeon RX 480 4GB		229376 MB/sec
Radeon R7 260X		104000 MB/sec
	Difference: 125376 (121%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 480 4GB will be a lot (approximately 162%) faster with regards to texture filtering than the Radeon R7 260X. (explain)

Radeon RX 480 4GB		161280 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R7 260X		61600 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 99680 (162%)

Pixel Rate

If using a high resolution is important to you, then the Radeon RX 480 4GB is superior to the Radeon R7 260X, by far. (explain)

Radeon RX 480 4GB		35840 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R7 260X		17600 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 18240 (104%)

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 megabytes per second) that can be transported past the external memory interface in a second. It's worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by the speed of its memory. In the case of DDR type RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the bandwidth is, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that can be processed per second. This is calculated by multiplying the total amount of texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the graphics card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the video 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 Raster Operations Pipelines by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel rate also depends on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the maximum fill rate.