GeForce GTX 750 Ti vs Radeon R9 290

Intro

Compare all of that to the Radeon R9 290, which makes use of a 28 nm design. AMD has set the core speed at 800 MHz. The GDDR5 memory is set to run at a frequency of 1250 MHz on this specific model. It features 2560 SPUs along with 160 Texture Address Units 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 290		9876 points
GeForce GTX 750 Ti		4562 points
	Difference: 5314 (116%)

Zcash Mining Hash Rate

Radeon R9 290		283 Sol/s
GeForce GTX 750 Ti		72 Sol/s
	Difference: 211 (293%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 750 Ti		60 Watts
Radeon R9 290		300 Watts
	Difference: 240 Watts (400%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the Radeon R9 290 should be much faster than the GeForce GTX 750 Ti in general. (explain)

Radeon R9 290		320000 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 750 Ti		86400 MB/sec
	Difference: 233600 (270%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon R9 290 will be much (approximately 214%) faster with regards to AF than the GeForce GTX 750 Ti. (explain)

Radeon R9 290		128000 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 750 Ti		40800 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 87200 (214%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon R9 290 is a lot (about 214%) better at FSAA than the GeForce GTX 750 Ti, and also should be capable of handling higher screen resolutions more effectively. (explain)

Radeon R9 290		51200 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 750 Ti		16320 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 34880 (214%)

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: Memory bandwidth is the max amount of information (measured in megabytes per second) that can be moved over the external memory interface in a second. The number is calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory clock speed. If it uses DDR RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 once 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, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that are processed per second. This figure is worked out by multiplying the total texture units of the card 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 in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels the video card could possibly write to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the number of colour ROPs by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel fill rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the maximum fill rate.