GeForce GTX 750 Ti vs Radeon R9 290

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon R9 290, which makes use of a 28 nm design. AMD has set the core frequency at 800 MHz. The GDDR5 RAM works at a frequency of 1250 MHz on this particular card. It features 2560 SPUs along with 160 TAUs and 64 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

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 will be 270% faster than the GeForce GTX 750 Ti overall, because of its greater bandwidth. (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 should be quite a bit (approximately 214%) more effective at FSAA than the GeForce GTX 750 Ti, and will be capable of handling higher 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.

Price Comparison

Specifications

Memory Bandwidth: Bandwidth is the max amount of information (in units of megabytes per second) that can be transported over the external memory interface in one second. The number is calculated by multiplying the interface width by its memory clock speed. In the case of DDR memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. 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 are processed in one second. This figure is calculated by multiplying the total amount of texture units by the core speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the graphics card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels the video card can possibly write to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the number of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel fill rate is also dependant on many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the max fill rate.