GeForce GTX Titan vs Radeon R7 250X

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon R7 250X, which comes with core clock speeds of 1000 MHz on the GPU, and 1125 MHz on the 1024 MB of GDDR5 RAM. It features 640 SPUs as well as 40 TAUs and 16 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 Titan		10162 points
Radeon R7 250X		2860 points
	Difference: 7302 (255%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon R7 250X		95 Watts
GeForce GTX Titan		250 Watts
	Difference: 155 Watts (163%)

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the GeForce GTX Titan should theoretically be a lot superior to the Radeon R7 250X overall. (explain)

GeForce GTX Titan		288384 MB/sec
Radeon R7 250X		72000 MB/sec
	Difference: 216384 (301%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX Titan should be a lot (about 369%) better at AF than the Radeon R7 250X. (explain)

GeForce GTX Titan		187488 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R7 250X		40000 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 147488 (369%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX Titan will be quite a bit (about 151%) faster with regards to AA than the Radeon R7 250X, and also able to handle higher resolutions better. (explain)

GeForce GTX Titan		40176 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R7 250X		16000 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 24176 (151%)

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 information (measured in MB per second) that can be moved over the external memory interface in a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the bus width by the speed of its memory. If the card has DDR type memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the bandwidth is, 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 number of texture map elements (texels) that can be applied in one second. This number is calculated by multiplying the total amount of texture units 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 processed per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics card can possibly write to the 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 clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel rate also depends on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.