GeForce GTX 285 1GB vs Radeon R7 M260

Intro

Compare that to the Radeon R7 M260, which makes use of a 28 nm design. AMD has clocked the core frequency at 715 MHz. The DDR3 memory is set to run at a speed of 1000 MHz on this specific card. It features 384 SPUs as well as 24 Texture Address Units and 8 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce GTX 285 1GB should in theory be a lot faster than the Radeon R7 M260 in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 285 1GB		158976 MB/sec
Radeon R7 M260		16000 MB/sec
	Difference: 142976 (894%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 285 1GB should be much (about 202%) faster with regards to texture filtering than the Radeon R7 M260. (explain)

GeForce GTX 285 1GB		51840 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R7 M260		17160 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 34680 (202%)

Pixel Rate

If using a high resolution is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 285 1GB is superior to the Radeon R7 M260, by a large margin. (explain)

GeForce GTX 285 1GB		20736 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R7 M260		5720 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 15016 (263%)

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: Memory bandwidth is the maximum amount of information (in units of MB per second) that can be transported over the external memory interface in a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the interface width by the speed of its memory. In the case of DDR type memory, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better 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 texture map elements (texels) that are applied in one second. This figure is calculated by multiplying the total texture units of the card by the core 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 applied in a second.

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