NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 X2 vs AMD Radeon HD 6790

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 X2 and AMD Radeon HD 6790 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 X2

AMD Radeon HD 6790

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 X2

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 7 month(s) later
Around 20% higher core clock speed: 1006 MHz vs 840 MHz
62.6x more texture fill rate: 2x 102.9 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 33.6 GTexel / s
2.9x more pipelines: 2x 1152 vs 800
3.7x better floating-point performance: 2x 2,470 gflops vs 1,344.0 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 2x 2 GB vs 1 GB
Around 43% higher memory clock speed: 6008 MHz vs 4200 MHz
6x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 7.396 vs 1.234

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	19 November 2013 vs 4 April 2011
Core clock speed	1006 MHz vs 840 MHz
Texture fill rate	2x 102.9 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 33.6 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2x 1152 vs 800
Floating-point performance	2x 2,470 gflops vs 1,344.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Maximum memory size	2x 2 GB vs 1 GB
Memory clock speed	6008 MHz vs 4200 MHz
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	7.396 vs 1.234

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6790

Around 67% lower typical power consumption: 150 Watt vs 250 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt vs 250 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 X2
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 6790

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

7.396

1.234

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 X2	AMD Radeon HD 6790
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	7.396	1.234
PassMark - G3D Mark		1622
PassMark - G2D Mark		372
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		12.318
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		750.421
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		28.768
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		121.423
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		3127
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3534
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3350
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		3127
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3534
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3350

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 X2	AMD Radeon HD 6790
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler	TeraScale 2
Code name	GK104	Barts
Launch date	19 November 2013	4 April 2011
Place in performance rating	862	865
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$149
Price now		$64.99
Value for money (0-100)		39.40
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1072 MHz
Core clock speed	1006 MHz	840 MHz
Floating-point performance	2x 2,470 gflops	1,344.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	2x 1152	800
Texture fill rate	2x 102.9 GTexel / s billion / sec	33.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	250 Watt	150 Watt
Transistor count	3,540 million	1,700 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	3x DVI, 1x mini-DisplayPort	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	279 mm	198 mm
Supplementary power connectors	2x 8-pin	2x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	11.2 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.6	4.4
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2x 2 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	2x 192.3 GB / s	134.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	2x 256 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	6008 MHz	4200 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5