GeForce GTS 150 vs Radeon R7 M260

Intro

Compare all of that to the Radeon R7 M260, which comes with a clock frequency of 715 MHz and a DDR3 memory frequency of 1000 MHz. It also features a 64-bit bus, and makes use of a 28 nm design. It is comprised of 384 SPUs, 24 TAUs, and 8 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce GTS 150 should perform much faster than the Radeon R7 M260 in general. (explain)

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

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTS 150 will be quite a bit (more or less 176%) better at anisotropic 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 (more or less 107%) better at FSAA than the Radeon R7 M260, and will be able to handle higher screen resolutions without slowing down too much. (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 information (counted in MB per second) that can be moved past the external memory interface within a second. It's worked out by multiplying the interface width by its memory speed. If it uses DDR RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the bandwidth is, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that can be applied in one second. This number is worked out by multiplying the total number of texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the graphics card will be at 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 that the graphics chip can possibly record to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the number of Render Output Units by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel fill rate also depends on many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.