GeForce GTX 650 Ti vs Radeon R9 290X

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon R9 290X, which features a clock frequency of 800 MHz and a GDDR5 memory frequency of 1250 MHz. It also uses a 512-bit bus, and makes use of a 28 nm design. It is comprised of 2816 SPUs, 176 Texture Address Units, and 64 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 290X		10609 points
GeForce GTX 650 Ti		3434 points
	Difference: 7175 (209%)

Ethereum Mining Hash Rate

Radeon R9 290X		29 Mh/s
GeForce GTX 650 Ti		10 Mh/s
	Difference: 19 (190%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 650 Ti		110 Watts
Radeon R9 290X		300 Watts
	Difference: 190 Watts (173%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the Radeon R9 290X should be much faster than the GeForce GTX 650 Ti overall. (explain)

Radeon R9 290X		320000 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 650 Ti		86400 MB/sec
	Difference: 233600 (270%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon R9 290X is quite a bit (about 137%) more effective at AF than the GeForce GTX 650 Ti. (explain)

Radeon R9 290X		140800 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 650 Ti		59392 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 81408 (137%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon R9 290X should be much (approximately 245%) better at anti-aliasing than the GeForce GTX 650 Ti, and will be capable of handling higher resolutions without losing too much performance. (explain)

Radeon R9 290X		51200 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 650 Ti		14848 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 36352 (245%)

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 (measured in MB per second) that can be transported across the external memory interface in a second. It is calculated by multiplying the card's interface 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 4 instead. The better the memory bandwidth, 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 texture map elements (texels) that are applied per second. This number is worked out by multiplying the total amount of texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, 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 the video card could possibly write to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the amount of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel fill rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the maximum fill rate.