Geforce GTX 690 vs Radeon R7 370 4G

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon R7 370 4G, which has GPU core speed of 975 MHz, and 4096 MB of GDDR5 RAM set to run at 1400 MHz through a 256-bit bus. It also is comprised of 1024 SPUs, 64 TAUs, and 32 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon R7 370 4G		110 Watts
Geforce GTX 690		300 Watts
	Difference: 190 Watts (173%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the Geforce GTX 690 will be 115% quicker than the Radeon R7 370 4G overall, due to its higher bandwidth. (explain)

Geforce GTX 690		384512 MB/sec
Radeon R7 370 4G		179200 MB/sec
	Difference: 205312 (115%)

Texel Rate

The Geforce GTX 690 should be quite a bit (approximately 275%) more effective at texture filtering than the Radeon R7 370 4G. (explain)

Geforce GTX 690		234240 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R7 370 4G		62400 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 171840 (275%)

Pixel Rate

The Geforce GTX 690 is a lot (more or less 88%) more effective at FSAA than the Radeon R7 370 4G, and also capable of handling higher screen resolutions more effectively. (explain)

Geforce GTX 690		58560 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R7 370 4G		31200 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 27360 (88%)

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.

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Specifications

Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the largest amount of information (measured in MB per second) that can be transported over the external memory interface in one second. The number is worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR memory, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and high resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics card can possibly record to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the amount of Raster Operations Pipelines by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel rate also depends on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the max fill rate.