GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448 vs Radeon R7 240

Intro

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

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Benchmarks

These are real-world performance benchmarks that were submitted by Hardware Compare users. The scores seen here are the average of all benchmarks submitted for each respective test and hardware.

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics Score

GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448		4200 points
Radeon R7 240		1218 points
	Difference: 2982 (245%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon R7 240		30 Watts
GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448		210 Watts
	Difference: 180 Watts (600%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448 should be quite a bit faster than the Radeon R7 240 in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448		144000 MB/sec
Radeon R7 240		28800 MB/sec
	Difference: 115200 (400%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448 should be a lot (more or less 181%) better at texture filtering than the Radeon R7 240. (explain)

GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448		40992 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R7 240		14600 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 26392 (181%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448 should be much (about 401%) better at anti-aliasing than the Radeon R7 240, and will be able to handle higher screen resolutions without losing too much performance. (explain)

GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448		29280 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R7 240		5840 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 23440 (401%)

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.

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Specifications

Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the max amount of information (counted in MB per second) that can be transferred across the external memory interface in one second. The number is worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory clock speed. If the card has DDR RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the card's memory bandwidth, the better 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 is calculated by multiplying the total amount of texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The better 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 a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels the graphics card can possibly record to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the number of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel fill rate also depends on many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the max fill rate.