Geforce GTX 770 vs Radeon R9 280

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon R9 280, which comes with GPU clock speed of 933 MHz, and 3072 MB of GDDR5 RAM running at 1250 MHz through a 384-bit bus. It also is comprised of 1792 Stream Processors, 112 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 R9 280		7961 points
Geforce GTX 770		7854 points
	Difference: 107 (1%)

Ethereum Mining Hash Rate

Radeon R9 280		22 Mh/s
Geforce GTX 770		14 Mh/s
	Difference: 8 (57%)

Zcash Mining Hash Rate

Radeon R9 280		183 Sol/s
Geforce GTX 770		70 Sol/s
	Difference: 113 (161%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Geforce GTX 770		230 Watts
Radeon R9 280		250 Watts
	Difference: 20 Watts (9%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the Radeon R9 280 is 7% quicker than the Geforce GTX 770 in general, due to its higher bandwidth. (explain)

Radeon R9 280		240000 MB/sec
Geforce GTX 770		224384 MB/sec
	Difference: 15616 (7%)

Texel Rate

The Geforce GTX 770 should be much (approximately 28%) more effective at texture filtering than the Radeon R9 280. (explain)

Geforce GTX 770		133888 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R9 280		104496 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 29392 (28%)

Pixel Rate

If using a high resolution is important to you, then the Geforce GTX 770 is a better choice, but not by far. (explain)

Geforce GTX 770		33472 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R9 280		29856 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 3616 (12%)

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 data (in units of MB per second) that can be transported over the external memory interface in a second. The number is calculated by multiplying the bus width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the card's memory bandwidth, the better 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 processed per second. This number is worked out by multiplying the total number of texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, 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 that the graphics card can possibly record to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the amount of ROPs by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel output 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 reach the max fill rate.