Geforce GTX 770 vs Radeon R9 290X

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon R9 290X, which comes with GPU core speed of 800 MHz, and 4096 MB of GDDR5 memory running at 1250 MHz through a 512-bit bus. It also features 2816 Stream Processors, 176 TAUs, and 64 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

Radeon R9 290X		10609 points
Geforce GTX 770		7854 points
	Difference: 2755 (35%)

Ethereum Mining Hash Rate

Radeon R9 290X		29 Mh/s
Geforce GTX 770		14 Mh/s
	Difference: 15 (107%)

Zcash Mining Hash Rate

Radeon R9 290X		369 Sol/s
Geforce GTX 770		70 Sol/s
	Difference: 299 (427%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Geforce GTX 770		230 Watts
Radeon R9 290X		300 Watts
	Difference: 70 Watts (30%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the Radeon R9 290X is 43% faster than the Geforce GTX 770 in general, because of its higher bandwidth. (explain)

Radeon R9 290X		320000 MB/sec
Geforce GTX 770		224384 MB/sec
	Difference: 95616 (43%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon R9 290X is a bit (more or less 5%) better at anisotropic filtering than the Geforce GTX 770. (explain)

Radeon R9 290X		140800 Mtexels/sec
Geforce GTX 770		133888 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 6912 (5%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon R9 290X is quite a bit (approximately 53%) faster with regards to full screen anti-aliasing than the Geforce GTX 770, and also should be capable of handling higher screen resolutions while still performing well. (explain)

Radeon R9 290X		51200 Mpixels/sec
Geforce GTX 770		33472 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 17728 (53%)

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 (measured in megabytes per second) that can be transported past the external memory interface within a second. The number is calculated by multiplying the card's bus width by the speed of its memory. If the card has DDR type RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the card's memory bandwidth, 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 number of texture map elements (texels) that are applied per second. This number is calculated by multiplying the total texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the card will be at handling 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 the graphics card could possibly record to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the number of Render Output Units by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel fill rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the max fill rate.