GeForce GTX 965M vs Radeon R7 260X

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon R7 260X, which features clock speeds of 1100 MHz on the GPU, and 1625 MHz on the 2048 MB of GDDR5 memory. It features 896 SPUs as well as 56 TAUs and 16 Rasterization Operator Units.

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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 965M		5650 points
Radeon R7 260X		4381 points
	Difference: 1269 (29%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 965M		60 Watts
Radeon R7 260X		115 Watts
	Difference: 55 Watts (92%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the Radeon R7 260X should perform much faster than the GeForce GTX 965M overall. (explain)

Radeon R7 260X		104000 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 965M		64000 MB/sec
	Difference: 40000 (63%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon R7 260X will be a small bit (about 2%) more effective at AF than the GeForce GTX 965M. (explain)

Radeon R7 260X		61600 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 965M		60416 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 1184 (2%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 965M will be quite a bit (more or less 72%) faster with regards to AA than the Radeon R7 260X, and also should be able to handle higher screen resolutions without slowing down too much. (explain)

GeForce GTX 965M		30208 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R7 260X		17600 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 12608 (72%)

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

Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the maximum amount of information (counted in megabytes per second) that can be moved across the external memory interface in one second. It's worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by the speed of its memory. If it uses DDR type memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the bandwidth is, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the graphics card could possibly record to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the number of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel output rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.