GeForce GTX 460 vs Radeon R7 M260

Intro

Compare that to the Radeon R7 M260, which has a clock frequency of 715 MHz and a DDR3 memory speed of 1000 MHz. It also uses a 64-bit bus, and uses a 28 nm design. It is comprised of 384 SPUs, 24 Texture Address Units, and 8 Raster Operation 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 460		2557 points
Radeon R7 M260		1120 points
	Difference: 1437 (128%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the GeForce GTX 460 should be much faster than the Radeon R7 M260 in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 460		86400 MB/sec
Radeon R7 M260		16000 MB/sec
	Difference: 70400 (440%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 460 should be a lot (about 120%) better at texture filtering than the Radeon R7 M260. (explain)

GeForce GTX 460		37800 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R7 M260		17160 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 20640 (120%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 460 should be a lot (approximately 183%) faster with regards to anti-aliasing than the Radeon R7 M260, and also capable of handling higher screen resolutions without slowing down too much. (explain)

GeForce GTX 460		16200 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R7 M260		5720 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 10480 (183%)

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 maximum amount of data (measured in megabytes per second) that can be moved past the external memory interface in a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory clock speed. If the card has 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 better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics chip can possibly record to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the amount of colour ROPs by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel rate also depends on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the maximum fill rate.