GeForce GTX 460 vs Radeon R7 260X

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon R7 260X, which comes with a GPU core clock speed of 1100 MHz, and 2048 MB of GDDR5 memory set to run at 1625 MHz through a 128-bit bus. It also is made up of 896 Stream Processors, 56 Texture Address Units, and 16 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

Radeon R7 260X		4381 points
GeForce GTX 460		2557 points
	Difference: 1824 (71%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon R7 260X		115 Watts
GeForce GTX 460		150 Watts
	Difference: 35 Watts (30%)

Memory Bandwidth

The Radeon R7 260X, in theory, should be just a bit faster than the GeForce GTX 460 in general. (explain)

Radeon R7 260X		104000 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 460		86400 MB/sec
	Difference: 17600 (20%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon R7 260X will be much (more or less 63%) better at AF than the GeForce GTX 460. (explain)

Radeon R7 260X		61600 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 460		37800 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 23800 (63%)

Pixel Rate

If using lots of anti-aliasing is important to you, then the Radeon R7 260X is a better choice, not by a very large margin though. (explain)

Radeon R7 260X		17600 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 460		16200 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 1400 (9%)

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 (in units of MB per second) that can be transferred across the external memory interface in a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory clock speed. If the card has DDR type RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the card's 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 amount of texture map elements (texels) that are processed in one second. This number is calculated by multiplying the total texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the video card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels in a second.

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