GeForce GTX 560 Ti vs Radeon R9 290X

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon R9 290X, which uses a 28 nm design. AMD has set the core frequency at 800 MHz. The GDDR5 memory is set to run at a frequency of 1250 MHz on this particular model. It features 2816 SPUs along with 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 560 Ti		3466 points
	Difference: 7143 (206%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 560 Ti		170 Watts
Radeon R9 290X		300 Watts
	Difference: 130 Watts (76%)

Memory Bandwidth

The Radeon R9 290X, in theory, should perform quite a bit faster than the GeForce GTX 560 Ti overall. (explain)

Radeon R9 290X		320000 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 560 Ti		128256 MB/sec
	Difference: 191744 (150%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon R9 290X will be much (approximately 168%) more effective at AF than the GeForce GTX 560 Ti. (explain)

Radeon R9 290X		140800 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 560 Ti		52608 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 88192 (168%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon R9 290X is much (more or less 95%) faster with regards to full screen anti-aliasing than the GeForce GTX 560 Ti, and will be capable of handling higher screen resolutions better. (explain)

Radeon R9 290X		51200 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 560 Ti		26304 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 24896 (95%)

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.

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Specifications

Memory Bandwidth: Bandwidth is the largest amount of data (in units of megabytes per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface in a second. It's calculated by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory clock speed. In the case of DDR type RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the card's memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels that the graphics chip can possibly record to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the amount of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka 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 of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the max fill rate.