GeForce GTX 650 vs Radeon R7 370 2G

Intro

Compare that to the Radeon R7 370 2G, which comes with a clock frequency of 975 MHz and a GDDR5 memory frequency of 1400 MHz. It also features a 256-bit memory bus, and makes use of a 28 nm design. It is made up of 1024 SPUs, 64 TAUs, and 32 Raster Operation 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 R7 370 2G		5582 points
GeForce GTX 650		2263 points
	Difference: 3319 (147%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 650		64 Watts
Radeon R7 370 2G		110 Watts
	Difference: 46 Watts (72%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the Radeon R7 370 2G should be quite a bit faster than the GeForce GTX 650 in general. (explain)

Radeon R7 370 2G		179200 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 650		80000 MB/sec
	Difference: 99200 (124%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon R7 370 2G will be a lot (more or less 84%) better at texture filtering than the GeForce GTX 650. (explain)

Radeon R7 370 2G		62400 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 650		33856 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 28544 (84%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon R7 370 2G should be quite a bit (approximately 84%) faster with regards to anti-aliasing than the GeForce GTX 650, and will be able to handle higher screen resolutions without losing too much performance. (explain)

Radeon R7 370 2G		31200 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 650		16928 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 14272 (84%)

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 information (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transported across the external memory interface in a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the bus width by the speed of its memory. In the case of DDR RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the bandwidth is, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics card can possibly record to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the number of colour ROPs by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel rate also depends on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.