Geforce GTX 760 vs Radeon HD 7850

Intro

Compare that to the Radeon HD 7850, which comes with core speeds of 860 MHz on the GPU, and 1200 MHz on the 2048 MB of GDDR5 memory. It features 1024 SPUs along with 64 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 760		5923 points
Radeon HD 7850		5200 points
	Difference: 723 (14%)

Ethereum Mining Hash Rate

Geforce GTX 760		13 Mh/s
Radeon HD 7850		13 Mh/s
	Difference: 0 (0%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon HD 7850		130 Watts
Geforce GTX 760		170 Watts
	Difference: 40 Watts (31%)

Memory Bandwidth

As far as performance goes, the Geforce GTX 760 should in theory be much better than the Radeon HD 7850 in general. (explain)

Geforce GTX 760		192256 MB/sec
Radeon HD 7850		153600 MB/sec
	Difference: 38656 (25%)

Texel Rate

The Geforce GTX 760 will be quite a bit (about 71%) better at anisotropic filtering than the Radeon HD 7850. (explain)

Geforce GTX 760		94080 Mtexels/sec
Radeon HD 7850		55040 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 39040 (71%)

Pixel Rate

The Geforce GTX 760 is just a bit (more or less 14%) faster with regards to anti-aliasing than the Radeon HD 7850, and also capable of handling higher screen resolutions better. (explain)

Geforce GTX 760		31360 Mpixels/sec
Radeon HD 7850		27520 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 3840 (14%)

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 past the external memory interface within a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory clock speed. In the case of DDR type memory, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that are applied in one second. This figure is calculated by multiplying the total texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the video card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the graphics card could possibly write to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the number of Render Output Units by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel output rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the maximum fill rate.