GeForce GTX 470 vs GeForce GTX 750

Intro

Compare all that to the GeForce GTX 750, which comes with core clock speeds of 1020 MHz on the GPU, and 1250 MHz on the 1024 MB of GDDR5 RAM. It features 512 SPUs along with 32 Texture Address Units and 16 Rasterization Operator 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

GeForce GTX 750		3958 points
GeForce GTX 470		2937 points
	Difference: 1021 (35%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 750		55 Watts
GeForce GTX 470		215 Watts
	Difference: 160 Watts (291%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically, the GeForce GTX 470 should perform a lot faster than the GeForce GTX 750 in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 470		133920 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 750		80000 MB/sec
	Difference: 53920 (67%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 470 will be just a bit (approximately 4%) more effective at texture filtering than the GeForce GTX 750. (explain)

GeForce GTX 470		33992 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 750		32640 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 1352 (4%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 470 will be a lot (more or less 49%) more effective at full screen anti-aliasing than the GeForce GTX 750, and also should be capable of handling higher screen resolutions without slowing down too much. (explain)

GeForce GTX 470		24280 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 750		16320 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 7960 (49%)

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 data (measured in MB per second) that can be transferred over the external memory interface within a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the interface width by the speed of its memory. If the card has DDR type RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the faster 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 texture map elements (texels) that are applied in one second. This number is worked out by multiplying the total 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 applied per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics card can possibly record to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the number of Render Output Units by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel output rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the maximum fill rate.