Radeon R7 M260 vs Radeon RX 460 2GB

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon RX 460 2GB, which features GPU clock speed of 1090 MHz, and 2048 MB of GDDR5 memory set to run at 1750 MHz through a 128-bit bus. It also is comprised of 896 Stream Processors, 56 TAUs, and 16 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the Radeon RX 460 2GB is 600% quicker than the Radeon R7 M260 in general, because of its higher bandwidth. (explain)

Radeon RX 460 2GB		112000 MB/sec
Radeon R7 M260		16000 MB/sec
	Difference: 96000 (600%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 460 2GB should be quite a bit (about 256%) more effective at texture filtering than the Radeon R7 M260. (explain)

Radeon RX 460 2GB		61040 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R7 M260		17160 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 43880 (256%)

Pixel Rate

If running with a high screen resolution is important to you, then the Radeon RX 460 2GB is the winner, by far. (explain)

Radeon RX 460 2GB		17440 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R7 M260		5720 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 11720 (205%)

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 (in units of megabytes per second) that can be transported past the external memory interface in a second. It is calculated by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory clock speed. If it uses DDR type memory, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the bandwidth is, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that are applied in one second. This number is calculated 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 handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics card can possibly record to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the amount of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel fill rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the max fill rate.