GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 vs Radeon RX 560

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon RX 560, which features a GPU core clock speed of 1175 MHz, and 4096 MB of GDDR5 RAM set to run at 1750 MHz through a 128-bit bus. It also features 1024 Stream Processors, 64 TAUs, and 16 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon RX 560		80 Watts
GeForce GTX 260 Core 216		202 Watts
	Difference: 122 Watts (153%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the Radeon RX 560 will be 3% faster than the GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 in general, because of its higher data rate. (explain)

Radeon RX 560		114688 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 260 Core 216		111888 MB/sec
	Difference: 2800 (3%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 560 is a lot (more or less 81%) faster with regards to anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GTX 260 Core 216. (explain)

Radeon RX 560		75200 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 260 Core 216		41472 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 33728 (81%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon RX 560 is a little bit (approximately 17%) faster with regards to AA than the GeForce GTX 260 Core 216, and also capable of handling higher screen resolutions without losing too much performance. (explain)

Radeon RX 560		18800 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 260 Core 216		16128 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 2672 (17%)

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 data (counted in MB per second) that can be moved over the external memory interface in a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR type RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the bandwidth is, 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 applied in one second. This figure is worked out by multiplying the total 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 applied in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels that the graphics chip could possibly write to the local memory in one 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 drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel output rate also depends on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the max fill rate.