GeForce GTX 295 vs Radeon R7 370 4G

Intro

Compare that to the Radeon R7 370 4G, which has core clock speeds of 975 MHz on the GPU, and 1400 MHz on the 4096 MB of GDDR5 RAM. It features 1024 SPUs as well as 64 TAUs and 32 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon R7 370 4G		110 Watts
GeForce GTX 295		289 Watts
	Difference: 179 Watts (163%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce GTX 295 should be much faster than the Radeon R7 370 4G overall. (explain)

GeForce GTX 295		223776 MB/sec
Radeon R7 370 4G		179200 MB/sec
	Difference: 44576 (25%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 295 will be much (approximately 48%) faster with regards to AF than the Radeon R7 370 4G. (explain)

GeForce GTX 295		92160 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R7 370 4G		62400 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 29760 (48%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 295 is a small bit (more or less 3%) better at FSAA than the Radeon R7 370 4G, and also able to handle higher screen resolutions more effectively. (explain)

GeForce GTX 295		32256 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R7 370 4G		31200 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 1056 (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.

One or more cards in this comparison are multi-core. This means that their bandwidth, texel and pixel rates are theoretically doubled - this does not mean the card will actually perform twice as fast, but only that it should in theory be able to. Actual game benchmarks will give a more accurate idea of what it's capable of.

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Specifications

Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the max amount of information (measured in MB per second) that can be moved across the external memory interface in one second. It's worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory clock speed. If the card has DDR memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the card's memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics chip could possibly record to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the number of ROPs by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called 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, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.