Geforce GTX 760 vs Radeon HD 5970

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon HD 5970, which features a core clock frequency of 725 MHz and a GDDR5 memory speed of 1000 MHz. It also uses a 256-bit memory bus, and uses a 40 nm design. It features 1600 SPUs, 160 TAUs, and 64 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Geforce GTX 760		170 Watts
Radeon HD 5970		294 Watts
	Difference: 124 Watts (73%)

Memory Bandwidth

The Radeon HD 5970, in theory, should perform a lot faster than the Geforce GTX 760 overall. (explain)

Radeon HD 5970		256000 MB/sec
Geforce GTX 760		192256 MB/sec
	Difference: 63744 (33%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon HD 5970 should be quite a bit (approximately 147%) better at texture filtering than the Geforce GTX 760. (explain)

Radeon HD 5970		232000 Mtexels/sec
Geforce GTX 760		94080 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 137920 (147%)

Pixel Rate

If using a high resolution is important to you, then the Radeon HD 5970 is superior to the Geforce GTX 760, by a large margin. (explain)

Radeon HD 5970		92800 Mpixels/sec
Geforce GTX 760		31360 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 61440 (196%)

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: Memory bandwidth is the maximum amount of data (counted in MB per second) that can be transferred across the external memory interface in one second. It's calculated by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR type memory, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the card's memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR 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 speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the graphics card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the graphics card can possibly record to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the amount of ROPs by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel output rate is also dependant on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the max fill rate.