Radeon R7 240 vs Radeon R7 260X

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon R7 260X, which has a core clock speed of 1100 MHz and a GDDR5 memory frequency of 1625 MHz. It also features a 128-bit memory bus, and makes use of a 28 nm design. It is comprised of 896 SPUs, 56 TAUs, and 16 ROPs.

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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

Radeon R7 260X		4381 points
Radeon R7 240		1218 points
	Difference: 3163 (260%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon R7 240		30 Watts
Radeon R7 260X		115 Watts
	Difference: 85 Watts (283%)

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the Radeon R7 260X should in theory be much better than the Radeon R7 240 overall. (explain)

Radeon R7 260X		104000 MB/sec
Radeon R7 240		28800 MB/sec
	Difference: 75200 (261%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon R7 260X will be quite a bit (about 322%) more effective at AF than the Radeon R7 240. (explain)

Radeon R7 260X		61600 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R7 240		14600 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 47000 (322%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon R7 260X should be much (approximately 201%) better at anti-aliasing than the Radeon R7 240, and also able to handle higher screen resolutions more effectively. (explain)

Radeon R7 260X		17600 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R7 240		5840 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 11760 (201%)

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: Bandwidth is the largest amount of data (in units of MB per second) that can be transferred over the external memory interface in a second. It's worked out by multiplying the interface width by the speed of its memory. If the card has DDR RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics card could possibly record to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the amount of ROPs by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel rate is also dependant on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.