GeForce GTX 590 vs Radeon R7 360

Intro

Compare all that to the Radeon R7 360, which features a GPU core clock speed of 1050 MHz, and 2048 MB of GDDR5 RAM set to run at 1625 MHz through a 128-bit bus. It also is comprised of 768 Stream Processors, 48 TAUs, 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 590		6680 points
Radeon R7 360		4110 points
	Difference: 2570 (63%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon R7 360		100 Watts
GeForce GTX 590		365 Watts
	Difference: 265 Watts (265%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the GeForce GTX 590 will be 216% quicker than the Radeon R7 360 in general, due to its greater data rate. (explain)

GeForce GTX 590		328320 MB/sec
Radeon R7 360		104000 MB/sec
	Difference: 224320 (216%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 590 is a lot (approximately 54%) better at texture filtering than the Radeon R7 360. (explain)

GeForce GTX 590		77696 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R7 360		50400 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 27296 (54%)

Pixel Rate

If running with high levels of AA is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 590 is superior to the Radeon R7 360, by a large margin. (explain)

GeForce GTX 590		58272 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R7 360		16800 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 41472 (247%)

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.

One or more cards in this comparison are multi-core. This means that their bandwidth, texel and pixel rates are theoretically doubled - this does not mean the card will actually perform twice as fast, but only that it should in theory be able to. Actual game benchmarks will give a more accurate idea of what it's capable of.

Price Comparison

Specifications

Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the max amount of information (measured in MB per second) that can be moved across the external memory interface in one second. It's calculated by multiplying the interface width by the speed of its memory. In the case of DDR RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the card's memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the graphics card can possibly write to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel fill rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the max fill rate.