GeForce RTX 2060 vs Radeon R7 260X

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon R7 260X, which makes use of a 28 nm design. AMD has set the core frequency at 1100 MHz. The GDDR5 RAM works at a speed of 1625 MHz on this model. It features 896 SPUs as well as 56 TAUs and 16 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon R7 260X		115 Watts
GeForce RTX 2060		160 Watts
	Difference: 45 Watts (39%)

Memory Bandwidth

As far as performance goes, the GeForce RTX 2060 should theoretically be a lot superior to the Radeon R7 260X overall. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2060		344064 MB/sec
Radeon R7 260X		104000 MB/sec
	Difference: 240064 (231%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 2060 should be a lot (about 166%) faster with regards to texture filtering than the Radeon R7 260X. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2060		163800 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R7 260X		61600 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 102200 (166%)

Pixel Rate

If using a high resolution is important to you, then the GeForce RTX 2060 is the winner, by far. (explain)

GeForce RTX 2060		65520 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R7 260X		17600 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 47920 (272%)

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 information (in units of MB per second) that can be moved over the external memory interface within a second. It is worked out by multiplying the interface width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the bandwidth is, the better 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 processed in one second. This is calculated by multiplying the total number of texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the graphics card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels that the graphics chip could possibly record to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the number of colour ROPs by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka 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 bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the maximum fill rate.