GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 vs Radeon R7 370 2G

Intro

Compare all of that to the Radeon R7 370 2G, which comes with a GPU core clock speed of 975 MHz, and 2048 MB of GDDR5 memory set to run at 1400 MHz through a 256-bit bus. It also is comprised of 1024 SPUs, 64 Texture Address Units, and 32 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon R7 370 2G		110 Watts
GeForce GTX 260 Core 216		202 Watts
	Difference: 92 Watts (84%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the Radeon R7 370 2G should be 60% quicker than the GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 overall, due to its higher data rate. (explain)

Radeon R7 370 2G		179200 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 260 Core 216		111888 MB/sec
	Difference: 67312 (60%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon R7 370 2G is quite a bit (approximately 50%) faster with regards to texture filtering than the GeForce GTX 260 Core 216. (explain)

Radeon R7 370 2G		62400 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 260 Core 216		41472 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 20928 (50%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon R7 370 2G should be quite a bit (approximately 93%) faster with regards to FSAA than the GeForce GTX 260 Core 216, and will be capable of handling higher screen resolutions better. (explain)

Radeon R7 370 2G		31200 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 260 Core 216		16128 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 15072 (93%)

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 largest amount of data (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transported across the external memory interface within a second. It's worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory speed. If it uses DDR type memory, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the bandwidth is, the better 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 amount of texture map elements (texels) that can be applied per second. This is calculated by multiplying the total amount of texture units by the core speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the graphics card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels the graphics card can possibly record to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the number of Render Output Units by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel fill rate also depends on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the max fill rate.