GeForce GTX 650 Ti vs Radeon R9 270X

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon R9 270X, which has GPU core speed of 1000 MHz, and 2048 MB of GDDR5 RAM set to run at 1400 MHz through a 256-bit bus. It also features 1280 SPUs, 80 TAUs, and 32 Raster Operation Units.

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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

Radeon R9 270X		6590 points
GeForce GTX 650 Ti		3434 points
	Difference: 3156 (92%)

Ethereum Mining Hash Rate

Radeon R9 270X		18 Mh/s
GeForce GTX 650 Ti		10 Mh/s
	Difference: 8 (80%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 650 Ti		110 Watts
Radeon R9 270X		180 Watts
	Difference: 70 Watts (64%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the Radeon R9 270X is 107% quicker than the GeForce GTX 650 Ti in general, due to its greater data rate. (explain)

Radeon R9 270X		179200 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 650 Ti		86400 MB/sec
	Difference: 92800 (107%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon R9 270X should be quite a bit (about 35%) better at texture filtering than the GeForce GTX 650 Ti. (explain)

Radeon R9 270X		80000 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 650 Ti		59392 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 20608 (35%)

Pixel Rate

If using high levels of AA is important to you, then the Radeon R9 270X is the winner, by far. (explain)

Radeon R9 270X		32000 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 650 Ti		14848 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 17152 (116%)

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 maximum amount of data (in units of megabytes per second) that can be transported past the external memory interface in a second. It's calculated by multiplying the card's bus width by the speed of its memory. If the card has DDR memory, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the better 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 amount of texture map elements (texels) that can be applied in one second. This number is worked out by multiplying the total amount of texture units by the core speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the graphics 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 amount of pixels the graphics card could possibly write to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. 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 potential to get to the max fill rate.