GeForce 9800 GTX vs Radeon R7 370 4G

Intro

Compare all that to the Radeon R7 370 4G, which comes with GPU clock speed of 975 MHz, and 4096 MB of GDDR5 RAM running at 1400 MHz through a 256-bit bus. It also features 1024 Stream Processors, 64 Texture Address Units, and 32 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon R7 370 4G		110 Watts
GeForce 9800 GTX		140 Watts
	Difference: 30 Watts (27%)

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the Radeon R7 370 4G should theoretically be a lot superior to the GeForce 9800 GTX in general. (explain)

Radeon R7 370 4G		179200 MB/sec
GeForce 9800 GTX		70400 MB/sec
	Difference: 108800 (155%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon R7 370 4G is a lot (about 44%) more effective at texture filtering than the GeForce 9800 GTX. (explain)

Radeon R7 370 4G		62400 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 9800 GTX		43200 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 19200 (44%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon R7 370 4G will be quite a bit (about 189%) faster with regards to full screen anti-aliasing than the GeForce 9800 GTX, and also will be capable of handling higher resolutions more effectively. (explain)

Radeon R7 370 4G		31200 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 9800 GTX		10800 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 20400 (189%)

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: Memory bandwidth is the maximum amount of data (measured in megabytes per second) that can be transferred over the external memory interface within a second. It's worked out by multiplying the bus width by its memory clock speed. If the card has DDR type memory, it must 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, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the video card could possibly write to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the number of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called 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 maximum fill rate.