Geforce GTX 690 vs Radeon R7 370 2G

Intro

Compare that to the Radeon R7 370 2G, which comes with GPU clock speed of 975 MHz, and 2048 MB of GDDR5 memory running at 1400 MHz through a 256-bit bus. It also features 1024 SPUs, 64 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
Radeon R7 370 2G		5582 points
	Difference: 7529 (135%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon R7 370 2G		110 Watts
Geforce GTX 690		300 Watts
	Difference: 190 Watts (173%)

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the Geforce GTX 690 should theoretically be a lot better than the Radeon R7 370 2G overall. (explain)

Geforce GTX 690		384512 MB/sec
Radeon R7 370 2G		179200 MB/sec
	Difference: 205312 (115%)

Texel Rate

The Geforce GTX 690 will be much (more or less 275%) more effective at AF than the Radeon R7 370 2G. (explain)

Geforce GTX 690		234240 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R7 370 2G		62400 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 171840 (275%)

Pixel Rate

If running with a high resolution is important to you, then the Geforce GTX 690 is a better choice, by a large margin. (explain)

Geforce GTX 690		58560 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R7 370 2G		31200 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 27360 (88%)

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 (in units of MB per second) that can be moved past the external memory interface in a second. It's calculated by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory clock speed. If the card has DDR memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the memory bandwidth, 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 number of texture map elements (texels) that can be processed in one second. This figure is worked out by multiplying the total texture units by the core speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the video card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics chip can possibly write to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the number of Render Output Units by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel rate also depends on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the max fill rate.