GeForce GTX 460 SE vs Radeon R7 370 4G

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon R7 370 4G, which features a GPU core clock speed of 975 MHz, and 4096 MB of GDDR5 memory running at 1400 MHz through a 256-bit bus. It also features 1024 SPUs, 64 Texture Address Units, and 32 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon R7 370 4G		110 Watts
GeForce GTX 460 SE		150 Watts
	Difference: 40 Watts (36%)

Memory Bandwidth

The Radeon R7 370 4G, in theory, should be quite a bit faster than the GeForce GTX 460 SE in general. (explain)

Radeon R7 370 4G		179200 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 460 SE		108800 MB/sec
	Difference: 70400 (65%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon R7 370 4G will be much (about 100%) better at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GTX 460 SE. (explain)

Radeon R7 370 4G		62400 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 460 SE		31200 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 31200 (100%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon R7 370 4G should be a lot (approximately 50%) more effective at anti-aliasing than the GeForce GTX 460 SE, and also capable of handling higher screen resolutions without losing too much performance. (explain)

Radeon R7 370 4G		31200 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 460 SE		20800 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 10400 (50%)

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 max amount of information (in units of megabytes per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface in one second. It's calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory clock speed. In the case of DDR type memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the bandwidth is, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that are applied in one second. This figure is worked out by multiplying the total texture units by the core 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 could possibly record to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the number of colour ROPs by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel fill rate also depends on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the max fill rate.