Geforce GTX 690 vs Geforce GTX 760

Intro

Compare all of that to the Geforce GTX 760, which has a clock frequency of 980 MHz and a GDDR5 memory frequency of 1502 MHz. It also makes use of a 256-bit memory bus, and makes use of a 28 nm design. It is comprised of 1152 SPUs, 96 TAUs, and 32 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 690		13111 points
Geforce GTX 760		5923 points
	Difference: 7188 (121%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Geforce GTX 760		170 Watts
Geforce GTX 690		300 Watts
	Difference: 130 Watts (76%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the Geforce GTX 690 will be 100% quicker than the Geforce GTX 760 in general, because of its greater bandwidth. (explain)

Geforce GTX 690		384512 MB/sec
Geforce GTX 760		192256 MB/sec
	Difference: 192256 (100%)

Texel Rate

The Geforce GTX 690 is quite a bit (about 149%) faster with regards to AF than the Geforce GTX 760. (explain)

Geforce GTX 690		234240 Mtexels/sec
Geforce GTX 760		94080 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 140160 (149%)

Pixel Rate

The Geforce GTX 690 will be a lot (approximately 87%) faster with regards to FSAA than the Geforce GTX 760, and will be capable of handling higher screen resolutions while still performing well. (explain)

Geforce GTX 690		58560 Mpixels/sec
Geforce GTX 760		31360 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 27200 (87%)

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.

One or more cards in this comparison are multi-core. This means that their bandwidth, texel and pixel rates are theoretically doubled - this does not mean the card will actually perform twice as fast, but only that it should in theory be able to. Actual game benchmarks will give a more accurate idea of what it's capable of.

Price Comparison

Specifications

Memory Bandwidth: Bandwidth is the maximum amount of data (in units of megabytes per second) that can be transported past the external memory interface in a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory clock speed. In the case of DDR memory, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics chip could possibly write to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the number of Render Output Units by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called 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, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.