GeForce GTX 1050 3GB vs Radeon R7 M260

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon R7 M260, which makes use of a 28 nm design. AMD has clocked the core speed at 715 MHz. The DDR3 memory is set to run at a speed of 1000 MHz on this model. It features 384 SPUs along with 24 Texture Address Units and 8 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the GeForce GTX 1050 3GB should theoretically be quite a bit better than the Radeon R7 M260 overall. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		86016 MB/sec
Radeon R7 M260		16000 MB/sec
	Difference: 70016 (438%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1050 3GB should be much (about 289%) better at AF than the Radeon R7 M260. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		66816 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R7 M260		17160 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 49656 (289%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1050 3GB is much (more or less 484%) more effective at FSAA than the Radeon R7 M260, and also should be capable of handling higher screen resolutions without slowing down too much. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 3GB		33408 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R7 M260		5720 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 27688 (484%)

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 information (measured in megabytes per second) that can be moved past the external memory interface in one second. The number is worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory clock speed. If it uses DDR type memory, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the bandwidth is, 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 texture map elements (texels) that are processed per second. This 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 texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the graphics card could possibly write to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel fill rate is also dependant on many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.