GeForce 8800 GT 1GB vs Radeon R7 M260X

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon R7 M260X, which has a GPU core clock speed of 825 MHz, and 2048 MB of GDDR5 RAM running at 1000 MHz through a 128-bit bus. It also is comprised of 384 Stream Processors, 24 TAUs, and 8 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Memory Bandwidth

The Radeon R7 M260X, in theory, should perform a small bit faster than the GeForce 8800 GT 1GB in general. (explain)

Radeon R7 M260X		64000 MB/sec
GeForce 8800 GT 1GB		57600 MB/sec
	Difference: 6400 (11%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce 8800 GT 1GB should be quite a bit (more or less 70%) more effective at AF than the Radeon R7 M260X. (explain)

GeForce 8800 GT 1GB		33600 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R7 M260X		19800 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 13800 (70%)

Pixel Rate

If running with a high screen resolution is important to you, then the GeForce 8800 GT 1GB is superior to the Radeon R7 M260X, by a large margin. (explain)

GeForce 8800 GT 1GB		9600 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R7 M260X		6600 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 3000 (45%)

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 maximum amount of information (counted in MB per second) that can be transported past the external memory interface in a second. The number is calculated by multiplying the interface width by the speed of its memory. If it uses DDR type RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and high resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the video card can possibly write to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the number of ROPs by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel output rate also depends on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.