GeForce GTX 750 Ti vs Radeon R9 280X

Intro

Compare that to the Radeon R9 280X, which uses a 28 nm design. AMD has set the core speed at 850 MHz. The GDDR5 memory runs at a speed of 1500 MHz on this card. It features 2048 SPUs as well as 128 Texture Address Units and 32 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 280X		8886 points
GeForce GTX 750 Ti		4562 points
	Difference: 4324 (95%)

Zcash Mining Hash Rate

Radeon R9 280X		294 Sol/s
GeForce GTX 750 Ti		72 Sol/s
	Difference: 222 (308%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 750 Ti		60 Watts
Radeon R9 280X		250 Watts
	Difference: 190 Watts (317%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the Radeon R9 280X should perform quite a bit faster than the GeForce GTX 750 Ti in general. (explain)

Radeon R9 280X		288000 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 750 Ti		86400 MB/sec
	Difference: 201600 (233%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon R9 280X should be a lot (approximately 167%) faster with regards to texture filtering than the GeForce GTX 750 Ti. (explain)

Radeon R9 280X		108800 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 750 Ti		40800 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 68000 (167%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon R9 280X should be a lot (more or less 67%) better at anti-aliasing than the GeForce GTX 750 Ti, and should be able to handle higher screen resolutions without slowing down too much. (explain)

Radeon R9 280X		27200 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 750 Ti		16320 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 10880 (67%)

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 largest amount of data (in units of megabytes per second) that can be moved over the external memory interface within a second. It's worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory speed. If it uses DDR type memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the 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 number of texture map elements (texels) that can be applied per second. This is calculated by multiplying the total amount of texture units by the core 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 per 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 figure is calculated by multiplying the amount of colour ROPs by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel output rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.