GeForce GTX 880M vs Radeon HD 6790

Intro

Compare all that to the Radeon HD 6790, which has GPU core speed of 840 MHz, and 1024 MB of GDDR5 RAM set to run at 1050 MHz through a 256-bit bus. It also features 800 Stream Processors, 40 Texture Address Units, and 16 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 880M		6360 points
Radeon HD 6790		2150 points
	Difference: 4210 (196%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 880M		130 Watts
Radeon HD 6790		150 Watts
	Difference: 20 Watts (15%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically, the Radeon HD 6790 should be a bit faster than the GeForce GTX 880M overall. (explain)

Radeon HD 6790		134400 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 880M		128000 MB/sec
	Difference: 6400 (5%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 880M should be much (about 263%) more effective at anisotropic filtering than the Radeon HD 6790. (explain)

GeForce GTX 880M		122112 Mtexels/sec
Radeon HD 6790		33600 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 88512 (263%)

Pixel Rate

If using a high screen resolution is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 880M is a better choice, by a large margin. (explain)

GeForce GTX 880M		30528 Mpixels/sec
Radeon HD 6790		13440 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 17088 (127%)

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 (measured in MB per second) that can be transferred across the external memory interface in a second. It is worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR type memory, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the bandwidth is, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the graphics card can possibly write to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the amount of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel output rate also depends on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.