GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 vs Radeon R7 370 4G

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon R7 370 4G, which uses a 28 nm design. AMD has clocked the core frequency at 975 MHz. The GDDR5 memory is set to run at a frequency of 1400 MHz on this specific model. It features 1024 SPUs along with 64 TAUs and 32 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon R7 370 4G		110 Watts
GeForce GTX 260 Core 216		202 Watts
	Difference: 92 Watts (84%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the Radeon R7 370 4G is 60% quicker than the GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 overall, because of its higher bandwidth. (explain)

Radeon R7 370 4G		179200 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 260 Core 216		111888 MB/sec
	Difference: 67312 (60%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon R7 370 4G is quite a bit (approximately 50%) better at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GTX 260 Core 216. (explain)

Radeon R7 370 4G		62400 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 260 Core 216		41472 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 20928 (50%)

Pixel Rate

If running with a high resolution is important to you, then the Radeon R7 370 4G is the winner, and very much so. (explain)

Radeon R7 370 4G		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 (in units of megabytes per second) that can be moved past the external memory interface within a second. It's calculated by multiplying the bus width by its memory speed. If the card has 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 amount of texture map elements (texels) that can be processed per second. This is calculated by multiplying the total amount of 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 in one second.

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