Compare any two graphics cards:
GeForce GTX 860M vs Radeon R7 M260X
IntroThe GeForce GTX 860M comes with a GPU core clock speed of 797 MHz, and the 4096 MB of GDDR5 memory is set to run at 1000 MHz through a 128-bit bus. It also is made up of 1152 Stream Processors, 96 TAUs, and 16 ROPs.Compare all that to the Radeon R7 M260X, which features GPU clock speed of 825 MHz, and 2048 MB of GDDR5 memory running at 1000 MHz through a 128-bit bus. It also is comprised of 384 Stream Processors, 24 Texture Address Units, and 8 ROPs.
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Power Usage and Theoretical BenchmarksMemory BandwidthBoth cards have exactly the same bandwidth, so in theory they should perform exactly the same. (explain)
Texel RateThe GeForce GTX 860M is much (about 286%) faster with regards to texture filtering than the Radeon R7 M260X. (explain)
Pixel RateIf running with lots of anti-aliasing is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 860M is a better choice, by a large margin. (explain)
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
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Please note that the price comparisons are based on search keywords - sometimes it might show cards with very similar names that are not exactly the same as the one chosen in the comparison. We do try to filter out the wrong results as best we can, though. Specifications
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Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the largest amount of information (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface within a second. It's calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by the speed of its memory. If it uses DDR RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and high 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 amount of texture units of the card by the core clock 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 processed per second. Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the graphics card can possibly write to the local memory per 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 filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel rate is also dependant on many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the max fill rate.
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Please note that the price comparisons are based on search keywords - sometimes it might show cards with very similar names that are not exactly the same as the one chosen in the comparison. We do try to filter out the wrong results as best we can, though.
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