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GeForce GTX 260 216SP 55 nm vs Radeon R7 360

Intro

The GeForce GTX 260 216SP 55 nm has a GPU clock speed of 576 MHz, and the 896 MB of GDDR3 RAM runs at 999 MHz through a 448-bit bus. It also is made up of 216 SPUs, 72 Texture Address Units, and 28 Raster Operation Units.

Compare those specifications to the Radeon R7 360, which features a clock speed of 1050 MHz and a GDDR5 memory speed of 1625 MHz. It also uses a 128-bit bus, and uses a 28 nm design. It is comprised of 768 SPUs, 48 TAUs, and 16 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon R7 360 100 Watts
GeForce GTX 260 216SP 55 nm 171 Watts
Difference: 71 Watts (71%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce GTX 260 216SP 55 nm is 8% faster than the Radeon R7 360 in general, because of its greater bandwidth. (explain)

GeForce GTX 260 216SP 55 nm 111888 MB/sec
Radeon R7 360 104000 MB/sec
Difference: 7888 (8%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon R7 360 will be quite a bit (about 22%) more effective at AF than the GeForce GTX 260 216SP 55 nm. (explain)

Radeon R7 360 50400 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 260 216SP 55 nm 41472 Mtexels/sec
Difference: 8928 (22%)

Pixel Rate

If using lots of anti-aliasing is important to you, then the Radeon R7 360 is a better choice, but only just. (explain)

Radeon R7 360 16800 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 260 216SP 55 nm 16128 Mpixels/sec
Difference: 672 (4%)

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

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Model GeForce GTX 260 216SP 55 nm Radeon R7 360
Manufacturer nVidia AMD
Year December 22, 2008 June 2015
Code Name G200b Tobago
Memory 896 MB 2048 MB
Core Speed 576 MHz 1050 MHz
Memory Speed 1998 MHz 6500 MHz
Power (Max TDP) 171 watts 100 watts
Bandwidth 111888 MB/sec 104000 MB/sec
Texel Rate 41472 Mtexels/sec 50400 Mtexels/sec
Pixel Rate 16128 Mpixels/sec 16800 Mpixels/sec
Unified Shaders 216 768
Texture Mapping Units 72 48
Render Output Units 28 16
Bus Type GDDR3 GDDR5
Bus Width 448-bit 128-bit
Fab Process 55 nm 28 nm
Transistors 1400 million 2080 million
Bus PCIe x16 2.0 PCIe 3.0 ×16
DirectX Version DirectX 10 DirectX 12.0
OpenGL Version OpenGL 3.1 OpenGL 4.5

Memory Bandwidth: Bandwidth is the max amount of data (measured in MB per second) that can be transported past the external memory interface in a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR type RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 once 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 higher screen resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics chip can possibly write to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated 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 outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel output rate also depends on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.

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GeForce GTX 260 216SP 55 nm

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