GeForce GTX 950 vs Radeon R7 370 2G

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon R7 370 2G, which makes use of a 28 nm design. AMD has clocked the core frequency at 975 MHz. The GDDR5 memory is set to run at a frequency of 1400 MHz on this particular card. It features 1024 SPUs along with 64 TAUs and 32 Rasterization Operator 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 950		6536 points
Radeon R7 370 2G		5582 points
	Difference: 954 (17%)

Ethereum Mining Hash Rate

Radeon R7 370 2G		15 Mh/s
GeForce GTX 950		10 Mh/s
	Difference: 5 (50%)

Zcash Mining Hash Rate

Radeon R7 370 2G		210 Sol/s
GeForce GTX 950		155 Sol/s
	Difference: 55 (35%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 950		90 Watts
Radeon R7 370 2G		110 Watts
	Difference: 20 Watts (22%)

Memory Bandwidth

The Radeon R7 370 2G should theoretically perform quite a bit faster than the GeForce GTX 950 overall. (explain)

Radeon R7 370 2G		179200 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 950		105728 MB/sec
	Difference: 73472 (69%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon R7 370 2G will be a lot (more or less 27%) better at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GTX 950. (explain)

Radeon R7 370 2G		62400 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 950		49152 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 13248 (27%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 950 should be just a bit (more or less 5%) more effective at anti-aliasing than the Radeon R7 370 2G, and also will be capable of handling higher screen resolutions without slowing down too much. (explain)

GeForce GTX 950		32768 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R7 370 2G		31200 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 1568 (5%)

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 max amount of information (in units of MB per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface in one second. It's worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory speed. If it uses DDR memory, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR 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 number is worked out by multiplying the total texture units by the core speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the graphics card could possibly write to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the number of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the card's clock speed. 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 reach the maximum fill rate.