Radeon R7 M260 vs Radeon RX 6900 XT

Intro

Compare that to the Radeon RX 6900 XT, which uses a 7 nm design. AMD has set the core frequency at 1825 MHz. The GDDR6 memory runs at a speed of 2000 MHz on this particular card. It features 5120 SPUs as well as 320 TAUs and 128 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the Radeon RX 6900 XT is 3177% faster than the Radeon R7 M260 overall, due to its higher data rate. (explain)

Radeon RX 6900 XT		524288 MB/sec
Radeon R7 M260		16000 MB/sec
	Difference: 508288 (3177%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 6900 XT should be a lot (about 3303%) better at texture filtering than the Radeon R7 M260. (explain)

Radeon RX 6900 XT		584000 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R7 M260		17160 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 566840 (3303%)

Pixel Rate

If using lots of anti-aliasing is important to you, then the Radeon RX 6900 XT is superior to the Radeon R7 M260, by far. (explain)

Radeon RX 6900 XT		233600 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R7 M260		5720 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 227880 (3984%)

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 information (measured in megabytes per second) that can be moved across the external memory interface in one second. It's worked out by multiplying the interface width by its memory clock speed. In the case of DDR type memory, it 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 anti-aliasing, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics chip can possibly write to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the number of colour ROPs by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel output rate also depends on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.