Radeon R7 M260 vs Radeon RX 5700

Intro

Compare that to the Radeon RX 5700, which has a core clock frequency of 1465 MHz and a GDDR6 memory frequency of 1750 MHz. It also uses a 256-bit memory bus, and makes use of a 7 nm design. It features 2304 SPUs, 144 TAUs, and 64 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the Radeon RX 5700 is 2767% faster than the Radeon R7 M260 overall, because of its higher data rate. (explain)

Radeon RX 5700		458752 MB/sec
Radeon R7 M260		16000 MB/sec
	Difference: 442752 (2767%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 5700 will be quite a bit (more or less 1129%) faster with regards to AF than the Radeon R7 M260. (explain)

Radeon RX 5700		210960 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R7 M260		17160 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 193800 (1129%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon RX 5700 will be quite a bit (about 1539%) faster with regards to FSAA than the Radeon R7 M260, and also will be capable of handling higher screen resolutions better. (explain)

Radeon RX 5700		93760 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R7 M260		5720 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 88040 (1539%)

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 megabytes per second) that can be transported past the external memory interface in a second. It is calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR memory, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels that the graphics card could possibly write to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel rate is also dependant on many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the maximum fill rate.