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+204%
Real World Speed
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Best Bench: 66% MSI(1462 3170)
Worst Bench: 53% MSI(1462 3170)
Poor: 53% Great: 66%
SPEED RANK: 112th / 715
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Best Bench: 202% Sapphire(1DA2 475A) ≥ 4GB
Worst Bench: 130% Sapphire(1DA2 475D) ≥ 4GB
Poor: 130% Great: 202%
SPEED RANK: 19th / 715
Effective 3D Speed
Effective 3D Gaming GPU Speed 		59.3 % 180 % Hugely faster effective speed.
+204%
Average Score 
+243%
Lighting
Avg. Locally-deformable PRT (Bat) 		73.7 fps 229 fps Hugely better lighting effects.
+211%
Reflection
Avg. High dynamic range lighting (Teapot) 		86.4 fps 245 fps Hugely better reflection handling.
+184%
MRender
Avg. Render target array GShader (Sphere) 		75.9 fps 296 fps Hugely faster multi rendering.
+290%
Gravity
Avg. NBody particle system (Galaxy) 		72.8 fps 282 fps Hugely faster NBody calculation.
+287%
Overclocked Score 
+243%
Lighting
Locally-deformable PRT (Bat) 		83.9 fps 268 fps Hugely better peak lighting effects.
+219%
Reflection
High dynamic range lighting (Teapot) 		113 fps 276 fps Hugely better peak reflection handling.
+144%
MRender
Render target array GShader (Sphere) 		80.6 fps 336 fps Hugely faster peak multi rendering.
+317%
Gravity
NBody particle system (Galaxy) 		80.9 fps 316 fps Hugely faster peak NBody calculation.
+291%
Value & Sentiment 
+9%
Market Share
Based on 67,809,970 GPUs tested
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Market Share
Market Share (trailing 30 days) 		0.24 % 0.24 %
User Rating
UBM User Rating 		66 % More popular.
+18% 		56 %
Nice To Haves 
+353%
Age
Newest 		117 Months 9+ Months Hugely more recent.
+92%
Parallax
Parallax occlusion mapping (Stones) 		83 fps 536 fps Hugely better peak texture detail.
+546%
Splatting
Force Splatted Flocking (Swarm) 		72.3 fps 291 fps Hugely faster peak complex splatting.
+302%
Parallax
Avg. Parallax occlusion mapping (Stones) 		74.8 fps 474 fps Hugely better texture detail.
+534%
Splatting
Avg. Force Splatted Flocking (Swarm) 		65.3 fps 256 fps Hugely faster complex splatting.
+292%
Conclusion 
Average Bench 59.3%
Average Bench 180%
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