GeForce GT 240 GDDR5 vs Radeon R7 M260X

Intro

Compare that to the Radeon R7 M260X, which comes with GPU core speed of 825 MHz, and 2048 MB of GDDR5 RAM set to run at 1000 MHz through a 128-bit bus. It also is comprised of 384 Stream Processors, 24 TAUs, and 8 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Memory Bandwidth

The Radeon R7 M260X should in theory perform just a bit faster than the GeForce GT 240 GDDR5 in general. (explain)

Radeon R7 M260X		64000 MB/sec
GeForce GT 240 GDDR5		54400 MB/sec
	Difference: 9600 (18%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon R7 M260X will be a small bit (about 13%) faster with regards to AF than the GeForce GT 240 GDDR5. (explain)

Radeon R7 M260X		19800 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GT 240 GDDR5		17600 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 2200 (13%)

Pixel Rate

If using lots of anti-aliasing is important to you, then the Radeon R7 M260X is the winner, and very much so. (explain)

Radeon R7 M260X		6600 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GT 240 GDDR5		4400 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 2200 (50%)

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 data (counted in MB per second) that can be transferred across the external memory interface within a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the interface width by the speed of its memory. If the card has DDR memory, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the bandwidth is, the better 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 can be applied per 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 handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics card can possibly record to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the number of ROPs by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.