GeForce GTX 260 vs Radeon RX 480 4GB

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon RX 480 4GB, which comes with clock speeds of 1120 MHz on the GPU, and 1750 MHz on the 4096 MB of GDDR5 RAM. It features 2304 SPUs as well as 144 TAUs and 32 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon RX 480 4GB		150 Watts
GeForce GTX 260		182 Watts
	Difference: 32 Watts (21%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the Radeon RX 480 4GB should be a lot faster than the GeForce GTX 260 in general. (explain)

Radeon RX 480 4GB		229376 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 260		111888 MB/sec
	Difference: 117488 (105%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 480 4GB will be much (approximately 338%) better at texture filtering than the GeForce GTX 260. (explain)

Radeon RX 480 4GB		161280 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 260		36864 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 124416 (338%)

Pixel Rate

If running with lots of anti-aliasing is important to you, then the Radeon RX 480 4GB is superior to the GeForce GTX 260, by far. (explain)

Radeon RX 480 4GB		35840 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 260		16128 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 19712 (122%)

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 data (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface in one second. It is worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR type RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the bandwidth is, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range 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 of the card by the core speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the graphics card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics card 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 amount of colour ROPs by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel rate also depends on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the max fill rate.