GeForce GTS 250 512MB vs Radeon R7 M260X

Intro

Compare all that to the Radeon R7 M260X, which uses a 28 nm design. AMD has set the core speed at 825 MHz. The GDDR5 RAM runs at a frequency of 1000 MHz on this card. It features 384 SPUs along with 24 Texture Address Units and 8 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the GeForce GTS 250 512MB should theoretically be a small bit better than the Radeon R7 M260X in general. (explain)

GeForce GTS 250 512MB		70400 MB/sec
Radeon R7 M260X		64000 MB/sec
	Difference: 6400 (10%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTS 250 512MB is a lot (more or less 139%) more effective at AF than the Radeon R7 M260X. (explain)

GeForce GTS 250 512MB		47232 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R7 M260X		19800 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 27432 (139%)

Pixel Rate

If using a high screen resolution is important to you, then the GeForce GTS 250 512MB is a better choice, and very much so. (explain)

GeForce GTS 250 512MB		11808 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R7 M260X		6600 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 5208 (79%)

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 maximum amount of data (counted in MB per second) that can be transported across the external memory interface in one second. It's worked out by multiplying the interface width by its memory speed. If it uses DDR type RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the card's memory bandwidth, the better 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 texture map elements (texels) that are processed per second. This figure is worked out by multiplying the total texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the graphics card will be at handling 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 video card could possibly record to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the number of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. 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 ability to get to the max fill rate.