Geforce GTX 670 vs Radeon R7 240

Intro

Compare all of that to the Radeon R7 240, which comes with GPU clock speed of 730 MHz, and 2048 MB of DDR3 RAM running at 900 MHz through a 128-bit bus. It also features 320 Stream Processors, 20 TAUs, and 8 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 670		7351 points
Radeon R7 240		1218 points
	Difference: 6133 (504%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon R7 240		30 Watts
Geforce GTX 670		170 Watts
	Difference: 140 Watts (467%)

Memory Bandwidth

The Geforce GTX 670, in theory, should be quite a bit faster than the Radeon R7 240 overall. (explain)

Geforce GTX 670		192000 MB/sec
Radeon R7 240		28800 MB/sec
	Difference: 163200 (567%)

Texel Rate

The Geforce GTX 670 is a lot (approximately 602%) better at texture filtering than the Radeon R7 240. (explain)

Geforce GTX 670		102480 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R7 240		14600 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 87880 (602%)

Pixel Rate

If running with a high screen resolution is important to you, then the Geforce GTX 670 is superior to the Radeon R7 240, and very much so. (explain)

Geforce GTX 670		29280 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R7 240		5840 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 23440 (401%)

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: Memory bandwidth is the max amount of data (in units of megabytes per second) that can be moved across the external memory interface within a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory clock speed. In the case of DDR memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 once 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, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics card can possibly write to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the amount of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes 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, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the max fill rate.