GeForce GT 230 vs Radeon R7 M260

Intro

Compare that to the Radeon R7 M260, which comes with GPU core speed of 715 MHz, and 2048 MB of DDR3 RAM set to run at 1000 MHz through a 64-bit bus. It also is made up of 384 Stream Processors, 24 Texture Address Units, and 8 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce GT 230 should theoretically perform a lot faster than the Radeon R7 M260 overall. (explain)

GeForce GT 230		38400 MB/sec
Radeon R7 M260		16000 MB/sec
	Difference: 22400 (140%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon R7 M260 is much (approximately 95%) more effective at AF than the GeForce GT 230. (explain)

Radeon R7 M260		17160 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GT 230		8800 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 8360 (95%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon R7 M260 should be a lot (about 30%) better at FSAA than the GeForce GT 230, and capable of handling higher resolutions while still performing well. (explain)

Radeon R7 M260		5720 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GT 230		4400 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 1320 (30%)

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 (counted in MB per second) that can be transported over the external memory interface in a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory speed. If it uses DDR memory, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and high resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels that the graphics chip could possibly record to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number 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 outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel fill rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the maximum fill rate.