GeForce GTS 150 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 runs at a frequency of 1000 MHz on this particular model. It features 384 SPUs along with 24 TAUs and 8 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce GTS 150 will be 100% faster than the Radeon R7 M260 in general, due to its higher bandwidth. (explain)

GeForce GTS 150		32000 MB/sec
Radeon R7 M260		16000 MB/sec
	Difference: 16000 (100%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTS 150 should be much (approximately 176%) more effective at texture filtering than the Radeon R7 M260. (explain)

GeForce GTS 150		47360 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R7 M260		17160 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 30200 (176%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTS 150 is much (approximately 107%) faster with regards to AA than the Radeon R7 M260, and capable of handling higher screen resolutions more effectively. (explain)

GeForce GTS 150		11840 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R7 M260		5720 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 6120 (107%)

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 max amount of data (counted in MB per second) that can be moved past the external memory interface within a second. It is calculated by multiplying the interface width by its memory clock speed. In the case of DDR type RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the card's memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that can be applied in one second. This figure is worked out by multiplying the total amount of texture units by the core speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the video 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 most pixels that the graphics chip can possibly write to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the amount of ROPs by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel output rate also depends on many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the maximum fill rate.