GeForce GTX 960 vs Radeon R7 240

Intro

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

GeForce GTX 960		7627 points
Radeon R7 240		1218 points
	Difference: 6409 (526%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon R7 240		30 Watts
GeForce GTX 960		120 Watts
	Difference: 90 Watts (300%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce GTX 960, in theory, should perform a lot faster than the Radeon R7 240 in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 960		112000 MB/sec
Radeon R7 240		28800 MB/sec
	Difference: 83200 (289%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 960 will be quite a bit (approximately 394%) faster with regards to AF than the Radeon R7 240. (explain)

GeForce GTX 960		72128 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R7 240		14600 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 57528 (394%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 960 will be quite a bit (more or less 518%) more effective at AA than the Radeon R7 240, and also will be capable of handling higher resolutions without slowing down too much. (explain)

GeForce GTX 960		36064 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R7 240		5840 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 30224 (518%)

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 maximum amount of information (in units of MB per second) that can be transported past the external memory interface in one second. The number is worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and high resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the video 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 number of ROPs by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel output rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the max fill rate.