GeForce GTX 285 1GB vs Radeon HD 7770

Intro

Compare all of that to the Radeon HD 7770, which comes with a core clock speed of 1000 MHz and a GDDR5 memory frequency of 1125 MHz. It also makes use of a 128-bit bus, and makes use of a 28 nm design. It is comprised of 640 SPUs, 40 Texture Address Units, and 16 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon HD 7770		80 Watts
GeForce GTX 285 1GB		204 Watts
	Difference: 124 Watts (155%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce GTX 285 1GB should theoretically be a lot faster than the Radeon HD 7770 overall. (explain)

GeForce GTX 285 1GB		158976 MB/sec
Radeon HD 7770		72000 MB/sec
	Difference: 86976 (121%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 285 1GB is quite a bit (approximately 30%) more effective at texture filtering than the Radeon HD 7770. (explain)

GeForce GTX 285 1GB		51840 Mtexels/sec
Radeon HD 7770		40000 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 11840 (30%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 285 1GB will be a lot (about 30%) more effective at AA than the Radeon HD 7770, and will be capable of handling higher screen resolutions without slowing down too much. (explain)

GeForce GTX 285 1GB		20736 Mpixels/sec
Radeon HD 7770		16000 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 4736 (30%)

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 (in units of megabytes per second) that can be transferred across the external memory interface in a second. It is worked out by multiplying the bus width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR type RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the bandwidth is, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that can be processed per second. This is worked out by multiplying the total number of texture units by the core speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the graphics card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels the graphics 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 amount of ROPs by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as 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, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the maximum fill rate.