GeForce RTX 3070 Ti vs Radeon R7 260X

Intro

Compare that to the Radeon R7 260X, which has a GPU core clock speed of 1100 MHz, and 2048 MB of GDDR5 RAM set to run at 1625 MHz through a 128-bit bus. It also is made up of 896 Stream Processors, 56 TAUs, and 16 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon R7 260X		115 Watts
GeForce RTX 3070 Ti		290 Watts
	Difference: 175 Watts (152%)

Memory Bandwidth

As far as performance goes, the GeForce RTX 3070 Ti should theoretically be quite a bit better than the Radeon R7 260X overall. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3070 Ti		622899 MB/sec
Radeon R7 260X		104000 MB/sec
	Difference: 518899 (499%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 3070 Ti will be quite a bit (about 391%) faster with regards to texture filtering than the Radeon R7 260X. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3070 Ti		302400 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R7 260X		61600 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 240800 (391%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce RTX 3070 Ti will be a lot (approximately 759%) better at full screen anti-aliasing than the Radeon R7 260X, and also able to handle higher screen resolutions better. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3070 Ti		151200 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R7 260X		17600 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 133600 (759%)

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 across the external memory interface in one second. It is calculated by multiplying the interface width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR type RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that are applied per second. This number is worked out 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 handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied per second.

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