GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 vs Radeon RX 570

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon RX 570, which has core speeds of 1168 MHz on the GPU, and 1750 MHz on the 4096 MB of GDDR5 RAM. It features 2048 SPUs along with 128 TAUs and 32 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon RX 570		150 Watts
GeForce GTX 260 Core 216		202 Watts
	Difference: 52 Watts (35%)

Memory Bandwidth

As far as performance goes, the Radeon RX 570 should in theory be much superior to the GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 in general. (explain)

Radeon RX 570		229376 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 260 Core 216		111888 MB/sec
	Difference: 117488 (105%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 570 is quite a bit (more or less 260%) better at AF than the GeForce GTX 260 Core 216. (explain)

Radeon RX 570		149504 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 260 Core 216		41472 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 108032 (260%)

Pixel Rate

If running with a high screen resolution is important to you, then the Radeon RX 570 is a better choice, and very much so. (explain)

Radeon RX 570		37376 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 260 Core 216		16128 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 21248 (132%)

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 max amount of information (counted in MB per second) that can be transported past the external memory interface in one second. It is worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by the speed of its memory. In the case of DDR memory, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels the video card can possibly record to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel fill rate also depends on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the max fill rate.