GeForce GT 340 1GB vs Radeon R7 M260X

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon R7 M260X, which comes with a GPU core clock speed of 825 MHz, and 2048 MB of GDDR5 memory set to run at 1000 MHz through a 128-bit bus. It also is comprised of 384 SPUs, 24 TAUs, and 8 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Memory Bandwidth

As far as performance goes, the Radeon R7 M260X should theoretically be a little bit superior to the GeForce GT 340 1GB in general. (explain)

Radeon R7 M260X		64000 MB/sec
GeForce GT 340 1GB		54400 MB/sec
	Difference: 9600 (18%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon R7 M260X will be a small bit (about 13%) faster with regards to AF than the GeForce GT 340 1GB. (explain)

Radeon R7 M260X		19800 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GT 340 1GB		17600 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 2200 (13%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon R7 M260X should be much (more or less 50%) faster with regards to anti-aliasing than the GeForce GT 340 1GB, and should be capable of handling higher resolutions better. (explain)

Radeon R7 M260X		6600 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GT 340 1GB		4400 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 2200 (50%)

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 largest amount of data (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transported over the external memory interface within a second. It's worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory clock speed. If the card has DDR type RAM, it should 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, HDR and high resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the graphics card can possibly record to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the number of Raster Operations Pipelines by the clock 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 output rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the max fill rate.