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GPU Architecture Shading Units GPU Clock GPU Boost Clock Memory Capacity Memory Type Memory Speed Memory Bus Width Memory Bandwidth Texture Mapping Unit (TMU)Render Output Unit (ROP)Pixel Fill Rate Texture Fill Rate Floating Point Per Second DirectX OpenGL Max GPU Temprature Graphics Card Power Rise of the Tomb Raider Shadow of the Tomb Raider The Witcher 3 Metro Exodus Battlefield 1 Far Cry 5 Assassin's Creed Unity Resident Evil 2

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GPU Architecture The smaller GPU, the better performance

28 nm

Shading Units The more Cores, the faster data are processed by the GPU

2560

1792

GPU Clock The higher the clock, the more instructions the GPU can execute per second

13% higher

947 MHz

827 MHz

GPU Boost Clock The Boost clock helps GPU to get more performance

1% higher

947 MHz

933 MHz

Memory Capacity The VRAM capacity is used most for Anti Aliasing, Textures and Screen resolution

4 GB

3 GB

Memory Type

GDDR5

Memory Speed The faster Memory, the faster Read/Write operations of the data

5 Gbps

Memory Bus Width The Wider Memory Bus, the more data can flow without waiting

512 bit

384 bit

Memory Bandwidth The more bandwidth, the faster data transfers between GPU and VRAM

25% higher

320 GB/s

240 GB/s

Texture Mapping Unit (TMU) The more Texture Mapping Units, the faster Texture Fill Rate

160

112

Render Output Unit (ROP) The more Rander Output Units, the faster Pixel Fill Rate

Pixel Fill Rate Indicates how many Pixels GPU can draw per second

51% higher

61 GP/s

30 GP/s

Texture Fill Rate Indicates how many Textures can be mapped per second

31% higher

152 GT/s

105 GT/s

Floating Point Per Second The more Floating Point Operations per second the better performance of the GPU

5 Flop/s

3 Flop/s

DirectX

OpenGL

Max GPU Temprature The maximum GPU temprature allowed by manufacturer

194 °F

Graphics Card Power Typical power consumption of the graphic card board

275 Watts

27% lower

200 Watts

Rise of the Tomb Raider Settings Max, 1440p

6% higher

33 fps

31 fps

Shadow of the Tomb Raider Settings Max, 1440p

32 fps

The Witcher 3 Settings Max, 1440p

16% higher

32 fps

27 fps

Metro Exodus Settings Max, 1440p

15% higher

33 fps

28 fps

Battlefield 1 Settings Max, 1440p

7% higher

29 fps

27 fps

Far Cry 5 Settings Max, 1440p

11% higher

28 fps

25 fps

Assassin's Creed Unity Settings Max, 1440p

17% higher

30 fps

25 fps

Resident Evil 2 Settings Max, 1440p

6% higher

33 fps

31 fps

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Shading Units	2560 vs 1792	(768) 30% more Shader Processing Units
GPU Clock	947 MHz vs 827 MHz	Clock speed is (120MHz) 13% higher
GPU Boost Clock	947 MHz vs 933 MHz	Boost clock speed is (14MHz) 1% higher
Memory Capacity	4 GB vs 3 GB	(1GB) 25% more VRAM Capacity
Memory Bandwidth	320 GB/s vs 240 GB/s	Memory bandwidth is (80GB/s) 25% faster
Texture Mapping Unit (TMU)	160 vs 112	(48) 30% more Texture Mapping Units
Render Output Unit (ROP)	64 vs 32	(32) 50% more Render Output Units
Pixel Fill Rate	61 GP/s vs 30 GP/s	Pixel Fill Rate is (31GP/s) 51% faster
Texture Fill Rate	152 GT/s vs 105 GT/s	Texel Fill Rate is (47GT/s) 31% faster
Floating Point Per Second	5 Flop/s vs 3 Flop/s	(2Flop/s) 40% more Floating Point Operations per minute
Rise of the Tomb Raider	33 fps vs 31 fps	Rise of the Tomb Raider - 1440p: (2fps) 6% more frames per second
The Witcher 3	32 fps vs 27 fps	The Witcher 3 - 1440p: (5fps) 16% more frames per second
Metro Exodus	33 fps vs 28 fps	Metro Exodus - 1440p: (5fps) 15% more frames per second
Battlefield 1	29 fps vs 27 fps	Battlefield 1 - 1440p: (2fps) 7% more frames per second
Far Cry 5	28 fps vs 25 fps	Far Cry 5 - 1440p: (3fps) 11% more frames per second
Assassin's Creed Unity	30 fps vs 25 fps	Assassin's Creed Unity - 1440p: (5fps) 17% more frames per second
Resident Evil 2	33 fps vs 31 fps	Resident Evil 2 - 1440p: (2fps) 6% more frames per second

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Graphics Card Power	275 Watts vs 200 Watts	Power consumption is (75Watts) 27% higher

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