GeForce GTX 560 vs Radeon R7 370 4G

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon R7 370 4G, which has a GPU core clock speed of 975 MHz, and 4096 MB of GDDR5 RAM running at 1400 MHz through a 256-bit bus. It also features 1024 SPUs, 64 TAUs, and 32 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon R7 370 4G		110 Watts
GeForce GTX 560		150 Watts
	Difference: 40 Watts (36%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the Radeon R7 370 4G will be 40% faster than the GeForce GTX 560 overall, because of its greater bandwidth. (explain)

Radeon R7 370 4G		179200 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 560		128128 MB/sec
	Difference: 51072 (40%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon R7 370 4G should be quite a bit (about 38%) faster with regards to texture filtering than the GeForce GTX 560. (explain)

Radeon R7 370 4G		62400 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 560		45360 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 17040 (38%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon R7 370 4G will be a little bit (more or less 20%) more effective at FSAA than the GeForce GTX 560, and also will be able to handle higher resolutions better. (explain)

Radeon R7 370 4G		31200 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 560		25920 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 5280 (20%)

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 largest amount of information (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface in one second. The number is worked out by multiplying the bus width by the speed of its memory. In the case of DDR type RAM, it should 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 high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that can be processed per second. This is calculated by multiplying the total number of texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The better this number, 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 video card could possibly write to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the number of Render Output Units by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel output rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the maximum fill rate.