Geforce GTX 770 vs Radeon R9 280

Intro

Compare that to the Radeon R9 280, which features a clock frequency of 933 MHz and a GDDR5 memory speed of 1250 MHz. It also makes use of a 384-bit bus, and makes use of a 28 nm design. It is made up of 1792 SPUs, 112 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

Radeon R9 280		7961 points
Geforce GTX 770		7854 points
	Difference: 107 (1%)

Ethereum Mining Hash Rate

Radeon R9 280		22 Mh/s
Geforce GTX 770		14 Mh/s
	Difference: 8 (57%)

Zcash Mining Hash Rate

Radeon R9 280		183 Sol/s
Geforce GTX 770		70 Sol/s
	Difference: 113 (161%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Geforce GTX 770		230 Watts
Radeon R9 280		250 Watts
	Difference: 20 Watts (9%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the Radeon R9 280 will be 7% quicker than the Geforce GTX 770 in general, due to its higher bandwidth. (explain)

Radeon R9 280		240000 MB/sec
Geforce GTX 770		224384 MB/sec
	Difference: 15616 (7%)

Texel Rate

The Geforce GTX 770 will be much (about 28%) faster with regards to texture filtering than the Radeon R9 280. (explain)

Geforce GTX 770		133888 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R9 280		104496 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 29392 (28%)

Pixel Rate

If running with a high screen resolution is important to you, then the Geforce GTX 770 is a better choice, though only just barely. (explain)

Geforce GTX 770		33472 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R9 280		29856 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 3616 (12%)

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 maximum amount of data (measured in MB per second) that can be moved over the external memory interface in a second. It is worked out by multiplying the bus width by its memory clock 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 card's memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that are processed in one second. This number is calculated by multiplying the total texture units by the core speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the video card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics card can possibly record to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated 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 filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel output rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the maximum fill rate.