GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 vs Geforce GTX 760

Intro

Compare all of that to the Geforce GTX 760, which comes with core speeds of 980 MHz on the GPU, and 1502 MHz on the 2048 MB of GDDR5 RAM. It features 1152 SPUs along with 96 Texture Address Units 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 260 Core 216		202 Watts
	Difference: 32 Watts (19%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the Geforce GTX 760 will be 72% quicker than the GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 in general, because of its greater data rate. (explain)

Geforce GTX 760		192256 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 260 Core 216		111888 MB/sec
	Difference: 80368 (72%)

Texel Rate

The Geforce GTX 760 is quite a bit (more or less 127%) better at AF than the GeForce GTX 260 Core 216. (explain)

Geforce GTX 760		94080 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 260 Core 216		41472 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 52608 (127%)

Pixel Rate

The Geforce GTX 760 should be much (about 94%) more effective at FSAA than the GeForce GTX 260 Core 216, and also will be capable of handling higher resolutions without slowing down too much. (explain)

Geforce GTX 760		31360 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 260 Core 216		16128 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 15232 (94%)

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 MB per second) that can be transported across the external memory interface in one second. The number is worked out by multiplying the interface width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR type memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the memory bandwidth, the better 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 applied per second. This figure is calculated by multiplying the total number of texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, 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 amount of pixels that the graphics chip can possibly record to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the amount of ROPs by the clock 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 output rate also depends on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the max fill rate.