GeForce RTX 3070 Ti vs Radeon R7 260X

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon R7 260X, which features a core clock frequency of 1100 MHz and a GDDR5 memory speed of 1625 MHz. It also features a 128-bit memory bus, and makes use of a 28 nm design. It is made up of 896 SPUs, 56 TAUs, and 16 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon R7 260X		115 Watts
GeForce RTX 3070 Ti		290 Watts
	Difference: 175 Watts (152%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the GeForce RTX 3070 Ti will be 499% quicker than the Radeon R7 260X in general, because of its greater data rate. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3070 Ti		622899 MB/sec
Radeon R7 260X		104000 MB/sec
	Difference: 518899 (499%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 3070 Ti will be quite a bit (about 391%) better at AF than the Radeon R7 260X. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3070 Ti		302400 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R7 260X		61600 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 240800 (391%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce RTX 3070 Ti is much (about 759%) faster with regards to FSAA than the Radeon R7 260X, and also should be able to handle higher resolutions while still performing well. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3070 Ti		151200 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R7 260X		17600 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 133600 (759%)

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 largest amount of information (measured in megabytes per second) that can be moved over the external memory interface within a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the bus width by the speed of its memory. If it uses DDR type RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the memory bandwidth, the faster 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 number of texture map elements (texels) that are processed 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 video 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 the graphics card could possibly record to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the number of ROPs by the the core clock speed. 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 many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.