GeForce GTX 460 SE vs Radeon R7 360

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon R7 360, which features GPU core speed of 1050 MHz, and 2048 MB of GDDR5 memory running at 1625 MHz through a 128-bit bus. It also features 768 Stream Processors, 48 Texture Address Units, and 16 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon R7 360		100 Watts
GeForce GTX 460 SE		150 Watts
	Difference: 50 Watts (50%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce GTX 460 SE will be 5% faster than the Radeon R7 360 in general, because of its greater data rate. (explain)

GeForce GTX 460 SE		108800 MB/sec
Radeon R7 360		104000 MB/sec
	Difference: 4800 (5%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon R7 360 should be quite a bit (approximately 62%) better at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GTX 460 SE. (explain)

Radeon R7 360		50400 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 460 SE		31200 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 19200 (62%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 460 SE should be quite a bit (more or less 24%) more effective at full screen anti-aliasing than the Radeon R7 360, and also will be capable of handling higher screen resolutions more effectively. (explain)

GeForce GTX 460 SE		20800 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R7 360		16800 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 4000 (24%)

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.

Price Comparison

Specifications

Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the maximum amount of data (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transferred across the external memory interface in one second. The number is worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by the speed of its memory. If it uses DDR type RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the 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 texture map elements (texels) that are processed in one second. This number is calculated by multiplying the total texture units by the core speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the graphics card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the video card could possibly record to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the number of ROPs by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel fill rate also depends on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the max fill rate.