GeForce GTX 750 Ti vs Radeon HD 7870

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon HD 7870, which comes with GPU core speed of 1000 MHz, and 2048 MB of GDDR5 RAM running at 1200 MHz through a 256-bit bus. It also features 1280 SPUs, 80 TAUs, and 32 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 HD 7870		6230 points
GeForce GTX 750 Ti		4562 points
	Difference: 1668 (37%)

Zcash Mining Hash Rate

Radeon HD 7870		172 Sol/s
GeForce GTX 750 Ti		72 Sol/s
	Difference: 100 (139%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 750 Ti		60 Watts
Radeon HD 7870		175 Watts
	Difference: 115 Watts (192%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the Radeon HD 7870 should be 78% quicker than the GeForce GTX 750 Ti overall, due to its higher data rate. (explain)

Radeon HD 7870		153600 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 750 Ti		86400 MB/sec
	Difference: 67200 (78%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon HD 7870 will be quite a bit (about 96%) more effective at AF than the GeForce GTX 750 Ti. (explain)

Radeon HD 7870		80000 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 750 Ti		40800 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 39200 (96%)

Pixel Rate

If running with lots of anti-aliasing is important to you, then the Radeon HD 7870 is superior to the GeForce GTX 750 Ti, by far. (explain)

Radeon HD 7870		32000 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 750 Ti		16320 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 15680 (96%)

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 maximum amount of data (counted in MB per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface in one second. It's calculated by multiplying the bus width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that are applied per second. This is worked out by multiplying the total texture units by the core speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels that the graphics chip can possibly write to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the number of ROPs by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel output rate also depends on many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the max fill rate.