GeForce RTX 3080 Ti vs Radeon R7 260X

Intro

Compare that to the Radeon R7 260X, which has GPU core speed of 1100 MHz, and 2048 MB of GDDR5 memory set to run at 1625 MHz through a 128-bit bus. It also features 896 Stream Processors, 56 Texture Address Units, 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 3080 Ti		350 Watts
	Difference: 235 Watts (204%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce RTX 3080 Ti should perform a lot faster than the Radeon R7 260X in general. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3080 Ti		934297 MB/sec
Radeon R7 260X		104000 MB/sec
	Difference: 830297 (798%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 3080 Ti should be a lot (about 609%) more effective at texture filtering than the Radeon R7 260X. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3080 Ti		436800 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R7 260X		61600 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 375200 (609%)

Pixel Rate

If running with high levels of AA is important to you, then the GeForce RTX 3080 Ti is the winner, by a large margin. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3080 Ti		152880 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R7 260X		17600 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 135280 (769%)

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 largest amount of information (measured in megabytes per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface within a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the bus width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR memory, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the graphics card can possibly write to its 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 clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel output rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the max fill rate.