GeForce GTX 280 vs Geforce GTX 760

Intro

Compare those specs to the Geforce GTX 760, which has clock speeds of 980 MHz on the GPU, and 1502 MHz on the 2048 MB of GDDR5 memory. It features 1152 SPUs as well as 96 TAUs and 32 Rasterization Operator Units.

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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

Theoretically speaking, the Geforce GTX 760 will be 36% quicker than the GeForce GTX 280 in general, due to its greater bandwidth. (explain)

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

Texel Rate

The Geforce GTX 760 is much (about 95%) faster with regards to texture filtering 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 high levels of AA is important to you, then the Geforce GTX 760 is a better choice, and very much so. (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 maximum amount of information (measured in MB per second) that can be moved over the external memory interface within a second. The number is calculated by multiplying the card's bus width by the speed of its memory. If the card has DDR RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the bandwidth is, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics chip can possibly record to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the number of Render Output Units by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel fill rate also depends on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the max fill rate.