Geforce GTX 760 vs Radeon R9 295X2

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon R9 295X2, which features a GPU core clock speed of 1018 MHz, and 4096 MB of GDDR5 RAM set to run at 1250 MHz through a 512-bit bus. It also is made up of 2816 SPUs, 176 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 295X2		21205 points
Geforce GTX 760		5923 points
	Difference: 15282 (258%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Geforce GTX 760		170 Watts
Radeon R9 295X2		500 Watts
	Difference: 330 Watts (194%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the Radeon R9 295X2 is 233% faster than the Geforce GTX 760 in general, because of its greater data rate. (explain)

Radeon R9 295X2		640000 MB/sec
Geforce GTX 760		192256 MB/sec
	Difference: 447744 (233%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon R9 295X2 should be quite a bit (approximately 281%) faster with regards to anisotropic filtering than the Geforce GTX 760. (explain)

Radeon R9 295X2		358336 Mtexels/sec
Geforce GTX 760		94080 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 264256 (281%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon R9 295X2 should be much (approximately 316%) faster with regards to AA than the Geforce GTX 760, and will be capable of handling higher screen resolutions without slowing down too much. (explain)

Radeon R9 295X2		130304 Mpixels/sec
Geforce GTX 760		31360 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 98944 (316%)

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.

One or more cards in this comparison are multi-core. This means that their bandwidth, texel and pixel rates are theoretically doubled - this does not mean the card will actually perform twice as fast, but only that it should in theory be able to. Actual game benchmarks will give a more accurate idea of what it's capable of.

Price Comparison

Specifications

Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the maximum amount of data (measured in MB per second) that can be transported over the external memory interface in a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by the speed of its memory. If the card has DDR RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the memory bandwidth, the better 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 applied per second. This is worked out by multiplying the total texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the card will be at handling 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 graphics card could possibly write to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the number of Render Output Units by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel fill rate also depends on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.