GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 vs Radeon RX 560

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon RX 560, which comes with a clock frequency of 1175 MHz and a GDDR5 memory frequency of 1750 MHz. It also uses a 128-bit bus, and makes use of a 14 nm design. It features 1024 SPUs, 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

The Radeon RX 560 should in theory be a small bit faster than the GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 overall. (explain)

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

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 560 will be quite a bit (more or less 81%) more effective at texture 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 should be a small bit (approximately 17%) better at full screen anti-aliasing than the GeForce GTX 260 Core 216, and will be capable of handling higher resolutions without slowing down too much. (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: Bandwidth is the largest amount of information (counted in MB per second) that can be transferred across the external memory interface in a second. It's worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by the speed of its memory. In the case of DDR type RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that can be 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 applied per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the video card can possibly record to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the number of ROPs 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 output rate also depends on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.