GeForce GTX 280 vs Geforce GTX 760

Intro

Compare those specs to the Geforce GTX 760, which features a GPU core clock speed of 980 MHz, and 2048 MB of GDDR5 RAM set to run at 1502 MHz through a 256-bit bus. It also is comprised of 1152 Stream Processors, 96 Texture Address Units, and 32 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Geforce GTX 760		170 Watts
GeForce GTX 280		236 Watts
	Difference: 66 Watts (39%)

Memory Bandwidth

The Geforce GTX 760 should in theory be much faster than the GeForce GTX 280 in general. (explain)

Geforce GTX 760		192256 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 280		141696 MB/sec
	Difference: 50560 (36%)

Texel Rate

The Geforce GTX 760 is a lot (more or less 95%) better at AF than the GeForce GTX 280. (explain)

Geforce GTX 760		94080 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 280		48160 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 45920 (95%)

Pixel Rate

If running with lots of anti-aliasing is important to you, then the Geforce GTX 760 is superior to the GeForce GTX 280, by a large margin. (explain)

Geforce GTX 760		31360 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 280		19264 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 12096 (63%)

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 data (in units of MB per second) that can be moved across the external memory interface in a second. It's worked out by multiplying the interface width by its memory speed. If it uses DDR memory, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that are processed in one second. This figure is worked out by multiplying the total texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the 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 most pixels the video card could possibly record to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the amount of ROPs by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel rate also depends on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the max fill rate.