GeForce GTX 750 vs Radeon R9 280X

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon R9 280X, which uses a 28 nm design. AMD has clocked the core speed at 850 MHz. The GDDR5 memory is set to run at a frequency of 1500 MHz on this particular model. It features 2048 SPUs along with 128 Texture Address Units and 32 ROPs.

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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

Radeon R9 280X		8886 points
GeForce GTX 750		3958 points
	Difference: 4928 (125%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 750		55 Watts
Radeon R9 280X		250 Watts
	Difference: 195 Watts (355%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the Radeon R9 280X should be much faster than the GeForce GTX 750 in general. (explain)

Radeon R9 280X		288000 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 750		80000 MB/sec
	Difference: 208000 (260%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon R9 280X will be a lot (approximately 233%) more effective at AF than the GeForce GTX 750. (explain)

Radeon R9 280X		108800 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 750		32640 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 76160 (233%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon R9 280X should be quite a bit (about 67%) better at FSAA than the GeForce GTX 750, and should be able to handle higher screen resolutions without slowing down too much. (explain)

Radeon R9 280X		27200 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 750		16320 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 10880 (67%)

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 (measured in MB per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface within a second. It's calculated by multiplying the card's bus width by the speed of its memory. If the card has DDR memory, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses 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 amount of texture map elements (texels) that are applied in one 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 handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels that the graphics card could possibly record to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel fill rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.