Radeon R7 260X vs Radeon RX 480

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon RX 480, which comes with GPU core speed of 1120 MHz, and 8192 MB of GDDR5 RAM set to run at 2000 MHz through a 256-bit bus. It also is comprised of 2304 Stream Processors, 144 Texture Address Units, and 32 ROPs.

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Benchmarks

These are real-world performance benchmarks that were submitted by Hardware Compare users. The scores seen here are the average of all benchmarks submitted for each respective test and hardware.

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics Score

Radeon RX 480		13349 points
Radeon R7 260X		4381 points
	Difference: 8968 (205%)

Ethereum Mining Hash Rate

Radeon RX 480		27 Mh/s
Radeon R7 260X		14 Mh/s
	Difference: 13 (93%)

Zcash Mining Hash Rate

Radeon RX 480		280 Sol/s
Radeon R7 260X		95 Sol/s
	Difference: 185 (195%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon R7 260X		115 Watts
Radeon RX 480		150 Watts
	Difference: 35 Watts (30%)

Memory Bandwidth

The Radeon RX 480, in theory, should be a lot faster than the Radeon R7 260X overall. (explain)

Radeon RX 480		262144 MB/sec
Radeon R7 260X		104000 MB/sec
	Difference: 158144 (152%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 480 is a lot (about 162%) more effective at AF than the Radeon R7 260X. (explain)

Radeon RX 480		161280 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R7 260X		61600 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 99680 (162%)

Pixel Rate

If running with high levels of AA is important to you, then the Radeon RX 480 is a better choice, by far. (explain)

Radeon RX 480		35840 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R7 260X		17600 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 18240 (104%)

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 (measured in MB per second) that can be moved over the external memory interface in one second. It's calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the bandwidth is, 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 texture map elements (texels) that can be applied per second. This figure is worked out by multiplying the total texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher this number, 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 record to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the number of colour ROPs by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel fill rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.