GeForce GT 130 vs Radeon R7 M260X

Intro

Compare all that to the Radeon R7 M260X, which has a core clock frequency of 825 MHz and a GDDR5 memory frequency of 1000 MHz. It also features a 128-bit memory bus, and uses a 28 nm design. It is comprised of 384 SPUs, 24 TAUs, and 8 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the Radeon R7 M260X should be 433% faster than the GeForce GT 130 in general, due to its higher bandwidth. (explain)

Radeon R7 M260X		64000 MB/sec
GeForce GT 130		12000 MB/sec
	Difference: 52000 (433%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon R7 M260X will be a lot (approximately 65%) better at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GT 130. (explain)

Radeon R7 M260X		19800 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GT 130		12000 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 7800 (65%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GT 130 should be quite a bit (about 21%) faster with regards to AA than the Radeon R7 M260X, and also should be capable of handling higher screen resolutions without slowing down too much. (explain)

GeForce GT 130		8000 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R7 M260X		6600 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 1400 (21%)

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 max amount of data (in units of MB per second) that can be moved over the external memory interface in one second. The number is calculated by multiplying the bus width by its memory clock speed. If the card has DDR RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the bandwidth is, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that can be applied in one second. This is worked out by multiplying the total 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 maximum number of pixels that the graphics chip can possibly record to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the number of ROPs by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel fill rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the max fill rate.