GeForce GTX 650 Ti 2GB vs Radeon R7 240

Intro

Compare all of that to the Radeon R7 240, which has a core clock frequency of 730 MHz and a DDR3 memory speed of 900 MHz. It also makes use of a 128-bit bus, and uses a 28 nm design. It is made up of 320 SPUs, 20 TAUs, and 8 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon R7 240		30 Watts
GeForce GTX 650 Ti 2GB		110 Watts
	Difference: 80 Watts (267%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce GTX 650 Ti 2GB should in theory be a lot faster than the Radeon R7 240 in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 650 Ti 2GB		86400 MB/sec
Radeon R7 240		28800 MB/sec
	Difference: 57600 (200%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 650 Ti 2GB will be much (about 307%) more effective at AF than the Radeon R7 240. (explain)

GeForce GTX 650 Ti 2GB		59392 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R7 240		14600 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 44792 (307%)

Pixel Rate

If running with a high screen resolution is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 650 Ti 2GB is superior to the Radeon R7 240, and very much so. (explain)

GeForce GTX 650 Ti 2GB		14848 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R7 240		5840 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 9008 (154%)

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 information (in units of megabytes per second) that can be transported over the external memory interface in a second. It's calculated by multiplying the interface width by its memory clock speed. In the case of DDR memory, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the memory bandwidth, the better 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 number of texture map elements (texels) that can be processed per second. This is calculated by multiplying the total number of texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher 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 in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the video card can possibly record to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the amount of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. 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 maximum fill rate.