Geforce GTX 680 vs Radeon R7 260X

Intro

Compare that to the Radeon R7 260X, which features core speeds of 1100 MHz on the GPU, and 1625 MHz on the 2048 MB of GDDR5 memory. It features 896 SPUs along with 56 TAUs and 16 Rasterization Operator 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 680		7650 points
Radeon R7 260X		4381 points
	Difference: 3269 (75%)

Ethereum Mining Hash Rate

Geforce GTX 680		16 Mh/s
Radeon R7 260X		14 Mh/s
	Difference: 2 (14%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon R7 260X		115 Watts
Geforce GTX 680		195 Watts
	Difference: 80 Watts (70%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the Geforce GTX 680 should be quite a bit faster than the Radeon R7 260X overall. (explain)

Geforce GTX 680		192256 MB/sec
Radeon R7 260X		104000 MB/sec
	Difference: 88256 (85%)

Texel Rate

The Geforce GTX 680 should be quite a bit (more or less 109%) better at anisotropic filtering than the Radeon R7 260X. (explain)

Geforce GTX 680		128768 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R7 260X		61600 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 67168 (109%)

Pixel Rate

If running with a high resolution is important to you, then the Geforce GTX 680 is superior to the Radeon R7 260X, by far. (explain)

Geforce GTX 680		32192 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R7 260X		17600 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 14592 (83%)

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 largest amount of information (measured in MB per second) that can be moved over the external memory interface within a second. It is calculated by multiplying the interface width by the speed of its memory. In the case of DDR type memory, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that are applied in one second. This is calculated by multiplying the total number of texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels that the graphics card could possibly record to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the number of colour ROPs by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka 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 of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the max fill rate.