GeForce GTX 550 Ti vs Radeon R7 370 2G

Intro

Compare all that to the Radeon R7 370 2G, which features core clock speeds of 975 MHz on the GPU, and 1400 MHz on the 2048 MB of GDDR5 RAM. It features 1024 SPUs along with 64 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 R7 370 2G		5582 points
GeForce GTX 550 Ti		1897 points
	Difference: 3685 (194%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon R7 370 2G		110 Watts
GeForce GTX 550 Ti		116 Watts
	Difference: 6 Watts (5%)

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the Radeon R7 370 2G should in theory be quite a bit better than the GeForce GTX 550 Ti in general. (explain)

Radeon R7 370 2G		179200 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 550 Ti		98496 MB/sec
	Difference: 80704 (82%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon R7 370 2G is quite a bit (about 117%) more effective at AF than the GeForce GTX 550 Ti. (explain)

Radeon R7 370 2G		62400 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 550 Ti		28800 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 33600 (117%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon R7 370 2G should be much (about 44%) faster with regards to anti-aliasing than the GeForce GTX 550 Ti, and will be capable of handling higher screen resolutions while still performing well. (explain)

Radeon R7 370 2G		31200 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 550 Ti		21600 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 9600 (44%)

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: Bandwidth is the maximum amount of information (measured in MB per second) that can be transported past the external memory interface within a second. It's calculated by multiplying the interface width by its memory speed. If it uses DDR type memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the bandwidth is, the faster 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 can be applied per second. This figure is calculated by multiplying the total amount of texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the 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 video card could possibly write to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the number of Render Output Units by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel rate is also dependant on many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the maximum fill rate.