GeForce 9800 GTX+ vs Radeon R7 370 4G

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon R7 370 4G, which features clock speeds of 975 MHz on the GPU, and 1400 MHz on the 4096 MB of GDDR5 memory. It features 1024 SPUs as well as 64 TAUs 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+		145 Watts
	Difference: 35 Watts (32%)

Memory Bandwidth

The Radeon R7 370 4G should in theory be a lot faster than 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 much (approximately 32%) more effective at AF than the GeForce 9800 GTX+. (explain)

Radeon R7 370 4G		62400 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 9800 GTX+		47232 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 15168 (32%)

Pixel Rate

If running with lots of anti-aliasing is important to you, then the Radeon R7 370 4G is the winner, by far. (explain)

Radeon R7 370 4G		31200 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 9800 GTX+		11808 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 19392 (164%)

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 information (measured in MB per second) that can be transported across the external memory interface in a second. It's worked out by multiplying the interface width by the speed of its memory. In the case of DDR type RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 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, HDR and high resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics card could possibly write to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the amount of colour ROPs by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel fill rate is also dependant on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.