GeForce GTX 770 vs Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition

GeForce GTX 770
Memory: 2048Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 30 May 2013
GeForce GTX 770
Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition
Memory: 1024Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 15 Feb 2012
Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • GeForce GTX 770
    268%
  • Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition
    100%

Relative performance

Gaming performance index

  • GeForce GTX 770
    299%
  • Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 770

199% higher gaming performance.
This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support.
Supports PhysX
Supports G-Sync
Supports ShadowPlay (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Kepler), there are less performance optimizations for current games and applications

Reasons to consider Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition

150 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the GeForce GTX 770 .
Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute
Supports ReLive (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
Supports Mantle
Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications

GeForce GTX 770

HWBench recommends GeForce GTX 770

The GeForce GTX 770 is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (4 combinations of games and resolutions).


Specifications

Core Configuration

GeForce GTX 770Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition
GPU NameGK104 (GK104-425-A2)vsCape Verde (Cape Verde XT)
Fab Process28 nmvs28 nm
Die Size294 mm²vs123 mm²
Transistors3,540 millionvs1,500 million
Shaders1536vs640
Compute Units8vs10
Core clock1046 MHzvs1000 MHz
ROPs32vs16
TMUs128vs40

Memory Configuration

GeForce GTX 770Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition
Memory TypeGDDR5vsGDDR5
Bus Width256 bitvs128 bit
Memory Speed1753 MHz
7012 MHz effective
vs1125 MHz
4500 MHz effective
Memory Size2048 Mbvs1024 Mb

Additional details

GeForce GTX 770Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition
TDP230 wattsvs80 watts
Release Date30 May 2013vs15 Feb 2012

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • GeForce GTX 770
    33.50 GP/s
  • Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition
    16.00 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • GeForce GTX 770
    134.00 GT/s
  • Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition
    40.00 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • GeForce GTX 770
    224.00 GB/s
  • Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition
    72.00 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • GeForce GTX 770
    3213.00 GFLOPs
  • Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition
    1280.00 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

3DMark 11

  • GeForce GTX 770
    11180
  • Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition
    4170

Points (higher is better)

Game benchmarks

Bioshock Infinite

DX11, Ultra Quality,DDOD, FX AA

  • GeForce GTX 770
    81
  • Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition
    23

FPS (higher is better)

Crysis 3

DX11,Very High Quality, FXAA

  • GeForce GTX 770
    49
  • Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition
    17

FPS (higher is better)

Hitman Absolution

DX11, High Quality, 2x MSAA, 16x AF

  • GeForce GTX 770
    61
  • Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition
    23

FPS (higher is better)

Medal Of Honor Warfighter

DX11, Ultra Quality, 4xMSAA

  • GeForce GTX 770
    64
  • Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition
    22

FPS (higher is better)