GeForce GTX 1660 Ti vs Radeon R7 260X

Intro

Compare all that to the Radeon R7 260X, which comes with core clock speeds of 1100 MHz on the GPU, and 1625 MHz on the 2048 MB of GDDR5 memory. It features 896 SPUs along with 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 GTX 1660 Ti		120 Watts
	Difference: 5 Watts (4%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce GTX 1660 Ti is 184% quicker than the Radeon R7 260X in general, due to its higher bandwidth. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1660 Ti		294912 MB/sec
Radeon R7 260X		104000 MB/sec
	Difference: 190912 (184%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1660 Ti should be a lot (more or less 134%) faster with regards to texture filtering than the Radeon R7 260X. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1660 Ti		144000 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R7 260X		61600 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 82400 (134%)

Pixel Rate

If using high levels of AA is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 1660 Ti is a better choice, by a large margin. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1660 Ti		72000 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R7 260X		17600 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 54400 (309%)

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 data (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transferred over the external memory interface within a second. It is worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the card's memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the video card can possibly write to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the amount of colour ROPs by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel fill rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.