GeForce GTX 650 Ti 2GB vs Radeon R9 M275X

Intro

Compare all of that to the Radeon R9 M275X, which features core speeds of 900 MHz on the GPU, and 1125 MHz on the 2048 MB of GDDR5 memory. It features 640 SPUs as well as 40 Texture Address Units and 16 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon R9 M275X		50 Watts
GeForce GTX 650 Ti 2GB		110 Watts
	Difference: 60 Watts (120%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce GTX 650 Ti 2GB should be a small bit faster than the Radeon R9 M275X overall. (explain)

GeForce GTX 650 Ti 2GB		86400 MB/sec
Radeon R9 M275X		72000 MB/sec
	Difference: 14400 (20%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 650 Ti 2GB will be a lot (approximately 65%) faster with regards to AF than the Radeon R9 M275X. (explain)

GeForce GTX 650 Ti 2GB		59392 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R9 M275X		36000 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 23392 (65%)

Pixel Rate

If running with lots of anti-aliasing is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 650 Ti 2GB is the winner, but only just. (explain)

GeForce GTX 650 Ti 2GB		14848 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R9 M275X		14400 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 448 (3%)

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 max amount of information (counted in megabytes per second) that can be moved across the external memory interface within a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the interface width by the speed of its memory. If the card has DDR type memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the card's memory bandwidth, the faster 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 are applied in one second. This figure is calculated by multiplying the total texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the 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 maximum amount of pixels that the graphics card could possibly record to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the number of colour ROPs by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel fill rate also depends on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.