Geforce GTX 760 vs Radeon R7 M260X

Intro

Compare all that to the Radeon R7 M260X, which makes use of a 28 nm design. AMD has clocked the core frequency at 825 MHz. The GDDR5 RAM works at a speed 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

Theoretically, the Geforce GTX 760 should be much faster than the Radeon R7 M260X in general. (explain)

Geforce GTX 760		192256 MB/sec
Radeon R7 M260X		64000 MB/sec
	Difference: 128256 (200%)

Texel Rate

The Geforce GTX 760 should be a lot (approximately 375%) faster with regards to AF than the Radeon R7 M260X. (explain)

Geforce GTX 760		94080 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R7 M260X		19800 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 74280 (375%)

Pixel Rate

The Geforce GTX 760 should be a lot (more or less 375%) more effective at FSAA than the Radeon R7 M260X, and able to handle higher screen resolutions better. (explain)

Geforce GTX 760		31360 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R7 M260X		6600 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 24760 (375%)

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 (in units of MB per second) that can be moved across the external memory interface in one second. It's worked out by multiplying the interface width by its memory clock speed. If it uses DDR type memory, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that are processed per second. This figure is worked out by multiplying the total texture units of the card by the core clock 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 processed in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels that the graphics card can possibly write to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel output rate also depends on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.