GeForce GTX 460 SE vs Radeon R7 260X

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon R7 260X, which features a core clock frequency of 1100 MHz and a GDDR5 memory frequency of 1625 MHz. It also uses a 128-bit memory bus, and uses a 28 nm design. It is made up of 896 SPUs, 56 TAUs, and 16 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

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

Memory Bandwidth

As far as performance goes, the GeForce GTX 460 SE should in theory be a bit superior to the Radeon R7 260X in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 460 SE		108800 MB/sec
Radeon R7 260X		104000 MB/sec
	Difference: 4800 (5%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon R7 260X will be a lot (more or less 97%) faster with regards to AF than the GeForce GTX 460 SE. (explain)

Radeon R7 260X		61600 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 460 SE		31200 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 30400 (97%)

Pixel Rate

If running with a high screen resolution is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 460 SE is the winner, but only just. (explain)

GeForce GTX 460 SE		20800 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R7 260X		17600 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 3200 (18%)

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: Bandwidth is the max amount of information (counted in megabytes per second) that can be moved across the external memory interface in a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the bus width by its memory speed. If it uses DDR type memory, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the graphics card could possibly write to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the amount of ROPs by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel output rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the maximum fill rate.