GeForce GTX 260 216SP 55 nm vs Radeon R7 360

Intro

Compare that to the Radeon R7 360, which makes use of a 28 nm design. AMD has clocked the core frequency at 1050 MHz. The GDDR5 memory works at a speed of 1625 MHz on this specific model. It features 768 SPUs as well as 48 TAUs and 16 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon R7 360		100 Watts
GeForce GTX 260 216SP 55 nm		171 Watts
	Difference: 71 Watts (71%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce GTX 260 216SP 55 nm should perform just a bit faster than the Radeon R7 360 overall. (explain)

GeForce GTX 260 216SP 55 nm		111888 MB/sec
Radeon R7 360		104000 MB/sec
	Difference: 7888 (8%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon R7 360 will be much (about 22%) faster with regards to texture filtering than the GeForce GTX 260 216SP 55 nm. (explain)

Radeon R7 360		50400 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 260 216SP 55 nm		41472 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 8928 (22%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon R7 360 will be a small bit (more or less 4%) better at FSAA than the GeForce GTX 260 216SP 55 nm, and will be able to handle higher resolutions better. (explain)

Radeon R7 360		16800 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 260 216SP 55 nm		16128 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 672 (4%)

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.

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Specifications

Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the maximum amount of information (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transported over the external memory interface in a second. It's calculated by multiplying the bus width by its memory clock speed. In the case of DDR type RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. 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 number of texture map elements (texels) that are applied in one second. This figure is worked out by multiplying the total number of texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The better this number, 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 most pixels that the graphics chip could possibly write 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 called Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel output rate also depends on many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the max fill rate.