Geforce GTX 760 vs Radeon R9 285

Intro

Compare all that to the Radeon R9 285, which makes use of a 28 nm design. AMD has set the core frequency at 918 MHz. The GDDR5 memory works at a frequency of 1375 MHz on this specific model. It features 1792 SPUs along with 112 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

Radeon R9 285		8500 points
Geforce GTX 760		5923 points
	Difference: 2577 (44%)

Ethereum Mining Hash Rate

Radeon R9 285		18 Mh/s
Geforce GTX 760		13 Mh/s
	Difference: 5 (38%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Geforce GTX 760		170 Watts
Radeon R9 285		190 Watts
	Difference: 20 Watts (12%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the Geforce GTX 760 will be 9% faster than the Radeon R9 285 in general, due to its higher data rate. (explain)

Geforce GTX 760		192256 MB/sec
Radeon R9 285		176000 MB/sec
	Difference: 16256 (9%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon R9 285 should be a little bit (approximately 9%) better at AF than the Geforce GTX 760. (explain)

Radeon R9 285		102816 Mtexels/sec
Geforce GTX 760		94080 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 8736 (9%)

Pixel Rate

The Geforce GTX 760 will be just a bit (about 7%) more effective at FSAA than the Radeon R9 285, and also will be capable of handling higher resolutions without losing too much performance. (explain)

Geforce GTX 760		31360 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R9 285		29376 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 1984 (7%)

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 data (in units of MB per second) that can be moved past the external memory interface in a second. It is calculated by multiplying the bus width by the speed of its memory. If it uses DDR type memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the bandwidth is, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and high resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels the video card could possibly record to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel output rate also depends on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the max fill rate.