GeForce GTX 285 2GB vs Radeon R7 M260X

Intro

Compare all that to the Radeon R7 M260X, which has clock speeds of 825 MHz on the GPU, and 1000 MHz on the 2048 MB of GDDR5 memory. It features 384 SPUs as well as 24 TAUs and 8 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the GeForce GTX 285 2GB is 148% quicker than the Radeon R7 M260X in general, due to its higher data rate. (explain)

GeForce GTX 285 2GB		158976 MB/sec
Radeon R7 M260X		64000 MB/sec
	Difference: 94976 (148%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 285 2GB is much (approximately 162%) faster with regards to texture filtering than the Radeon R7 M260X. (explain)

GeForce GTX 285 2GB		51840 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R7 M260X		19800 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 32040 (162%)

Pixel Rate

If using a high resolution is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 285 2GB is the winner, by far. (explain)

GeForce GTX 285 2GB		20736 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R7 M260X		6600 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 14136 (214%)

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 (in units of megabytes per second) that can be moved across the external memory interface within a second. It is worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by the speed of its memory. If it uses DDR RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that can be applied in one second. This number 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 card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics chip can possibly write to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the amount of colour ROPs 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 rate also depends on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the maximum fill rate.