Geforce GTX 680 vs Radeon R7 370 2G

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon R7 370 2G, which features GPU core speed of 975 MHz, and 2048 MB of GDDR5 memory set to run at 1400 MHz through a 256-bit bus. It also is made up of 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 680		7650 points
Radeon R7 370 2G		5582 points
	Difference: 2068 (37%)

Ethereum Mining Hash Rate

Geforce GTX 680		16 Mh/s
Radeon R7 370 2G		15 Mh/s
	Difference: 1 (7%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon R7 370 2G		110 Watts
Geforce GTX 680		195 Watts
	Difference: 85 Watts (77%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the Geforce GTX 680 should be a little bit faster than the Radeon R7 370 2G in general. (explain)

Geforce GTX 680		192256 MB/sec
Radeon R7 370 2G		179200 MB/sec
	Difference: 13056 (7%)

Texel Rate

The Geforce GTX 680 should be a lot (more or less 106%) faster with regards to AF than the Radeon R7 370 2G. (explain)

Geforce GTX 680		128768 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R7 370 2G		62400 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 66368 (106%)

Pixel Rate

If running with lots of anti-aliasing is important to you, then the Geforce GTX 680 is superior to the Radeon R7 370 2G, though not by far. (explain)

Geforce GTX 680		32192 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R7 370 2G		31200 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 992 (3%)

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: Memory bandwidth is the maximum amount of data (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 interface width by the speed of its memory. In the case of DDR memory, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the bandwidth is, the better 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 texture map elements (texels) that are processed in one second. This figure is worked out by multiplying the total texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels the video card can possibly record to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the amount of ROPs by the the core speed of the card. 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 rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the max fill rate.