Geforce GTX 690 vs Geforce GTX 760

Intro

Compare that to the Geforce GTX 760, which features GPU core speed of 980 MHz, and 2048 MB of GDDR5 RAM running at 1502 MHz through a 256-bit bus. It also is comprised of 1152 SPUs, 96 TAUs, and 32 ROPs.

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Benchmarks

These are real-world performance benchmarks that were submitted by Hardware Compare users. The scores seen here are the average of all benchmarks submitted for each respective test and hardware.

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics Score

Geforce GTX 690		13111 points
Geforce GTX 760		5923 points
	Difference: 7188 (121%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Geforce GTX 760		170 Watts
Geforce GTX 690		300 Watts
	Difference: 130 Watts (76%)

Memory Bandwidth

The Geforce GTX 690, in theory, should perform a lot faster than the Geforce GTX 760 overall. (explain)

Geforce GTX 690		384512 MB/sec
Geforce GTX 760		192256 MB/sec
	Difference: 192256 (100%)

Texel Rate

The Geforce GTX 690 should be a lot (more or less 149%) more effective at AF than the Geforce GTX 760. (explain)

Geforce GTX 690		234240 Mtexels/sec
Geforce GTX 760		94080 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 140160 (149%)

Pixel Rate

If using a high screen resolution is important to you, then the Geforce GTX 690 is the winner, by far. (explain)

Geforce GTX 690		58560 Mpixels/sec
Geforce GTX 760		31360 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 27200 (87%)

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.

One or more cards in this comparison are multi-core. This means that their bandwidth, texel and pixel rates are theoretically doubled - this does not mean the card will actually perform twice as fast, but only that it should in theory be able to. Actual game benchmarks will give a more accurate idea of what it's capable of.

Price Comparison

Specifications

Memory Bandwidth: Bandwidth is the largest amount of data (measured in MB per second) that can be moved over the external memory interface within a second. It is calculated by multiplying the interface width by the speed of its memory. If it uses DDR RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better 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 processed in one second. This is worked out by multiplying the total amount of texture units of the card 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 processed in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the graphics card could possibly record to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the number of Render Output Units by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to 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 reach the max fill rate.