GeForce GTX 650 Ti vs Radeon HD 7770

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon HD 7770, which comes with a core clock speed of 1000 MHz and a GDDR5 memory frequency of 1125 MHz. It also makes use of a 128-bit bus, and makes use of a 28 nm design. It is comprised of 640 SPUs, 40 TAUs, and 16 Raster Operation Units.

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Benchmarks

These are real-world performance benchmarks that were submitted by Hardware Compare users. The scores seen here are the average of all benchmarks submitted for each respective test and hardware.

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics Score

GeForce GTX 650 Ti		3434 points
Radeon HD 7770		3180 points
	Difference: 254 (8%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon HD 7770		80 Watts
GeForce GTX 650 Ti		110 Watts
	Difference: 30 Watts (38%)

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the GeForce GTX 650 Ti should theoretically be a little bit better than the Radeon HD 7770 in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 650 Ti		86400 MB/sec
Radeon HD 7770		72000 MB/sec
	Difference: 14400 (20%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 650 Ti is a lot (approximately 48%) more effective at texture filtering than the Radeon HD 7770. (explain)

GeForce GTX 650 Ti		59392 Mtexels/sec
Radeon HD 7770		40000 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 19392 (48%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon HD 7770 should be a small bit (more or less 8%) more effective at AA than the GeForce GTX 650 Ti, and also should be capable of handling higher resolutions more effectively. (explain)

Radeon HD 7770		16000 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 650 Ti		14848 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 1152 (8%)

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.

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Specifications

Memory Bandwidth: Bandwidth is the max amount of information (measured in megabytes per second) that can be transferred across the external memory interface within a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the bus width by the speed of its memory. If the card has DDR memory, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the bandwidth is, 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 amount of texture map elements (texels) that are processed per second. This number is worked out by multiplying the total texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the video 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 number of pixels that the graphics chip can possibly record to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the amount of ROPs by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the maximum fill rate.