GeForce GTS 450 vs Radeon R7 370 4G

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon R7 370 4G, which comes with a core clock speed of 975 MHz and a GDDR5 memory speed of 1400 MHz. It also makes use of a 256-bit memory bus, and makes use of a 28 nm design. It is comprised of 1024 SPUs, 64 Texture Address Units, and 32 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTS 450		106 Watts
Radeon R7 370 4G		110 Watts
	Difference: 4 Watts (4%)

Memory Bandwidth

The Radeon R7 370 4G should in theory perform a lot faster than the GeForce GTS 450 in general. (explain)

Radeon R7 370 4G		179200 MB/sec
GeForce GTS 450		57728 MB/sec
	Difference: 121472 (210%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon R7 370 4G should be a lot (about 149%) better at AF than the GeForce GTS 450. (explain)

Radeon R7 370 4G		62400 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTS 450		25056 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 37344 (149%)

Pixel Rate

If using lots of anti-aliasing is important to you, then the Radeon R7 370 4G is superior to the GeForce GTS 450, and very much so. (explain)

Radeon R7 370 4G		31200 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTS 450		12528 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 18672 (149%)

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 maximum amount of data (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface in a second. It's calculated by multiplying the interface width by its memory clock speed. If it uses DDR memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the card's memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the graphics card can possibly record to the 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 card's 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 bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the max fill rate.