GeForce GTX 750 Ti vs Radeon R9 280

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon R9 280, which has core speeds of 933 MHz on the GPU, and 1250 MHz on the 3072 MB of GDDR5 RAM. It features 1792 SPUs as well as 112 TAUs 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 280		7961 points
GeForce GTX 750 Ti		4562 points
	Difference: 3399 (75%)

Zcash Mining Hash Rate

Radeon R9 280		183 Sol/s
GeForce GTX 750 Ti		72 Sol/s
	Difference: 111 (154%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 750 Ti		60 Watts
Radeon R9 280		250 Watts
	Difference: 190 Watts (317%)

Memory Bandwidth

The Radeon R9 280 should in theory be quite a bit faster than the GeForce GTX 750 Ti overall. (explain)

Radeon R9 280		240000 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 750 Ti		86400 MB/sec
	Difference: 153600 (178%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon R9 280 will be quite a bit (about 156%) better at texture filtering than the GeForce GTX 750 Ti. (explain)

Radeon R9 280		104496 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 750 Ti		40800 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 63696 (156%)

Pixel Rate

If running with high levels of AA is important to you, then the Radeon R9 280 is the winner, and very much so. (explain)

Radeon R9 280		29856 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 750 Ti		16320 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 13536 (83%)

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: Memory bandwidth is the largest amount of data (in units of MB per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface in one second. The number is worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory speed. If it uses DDR type RAM, the result should 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 anti-aliasing, HDR and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that can be applied per second. This is worked out by multiplying the total texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the video card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics chip can possibly write to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the amount of ROPs by the the core 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 is also dependant on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the max fill rate.