GeForce GTX 950M vs Radeon R7 370 2G

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon R7 370 2G, which comes with a clock speed of 975 MHz and a GDDR5 memory frequency of 1400 MHz. It also features a 256-bit memory bus, and uses a 28 nm design. It features 1024 SPUs, 64 Texture Address Units, and 32 ROPs.

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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

Radeon R7 370 2G		5582 points
GeForce GTX 950M		3330 points
	Difference: 2252 (68%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 950M		55 Watts
Radeon R7 370 2G		110 Watts
	Difference: 55 Watts (100%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the Radeon R7 370 2G will be 460% quicker than the GeForce GTX 950M in general, because of its higher data rate. (explain)

Radeon R7 370 2G		179200 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 950M		32000 MB/sec
	Difference: 147200 (460%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon R7 370 2G should be a lot (about 71%) more effective at texture filtering than the GeForce GTX 950M. (explain)

Radeon R7 370 2G		62400 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 950M		36560 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 25840 (71%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon R7 370 2G will be quite a bit (approximately 113%) faster with regards to AA than the GeForce GTX 950M, and will be capable of handling higher screen resolutions without slowing down too much. (explain)

Radeon R7 370 2G		31200 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 950M		14624 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 16576 (113%)

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.

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Specifications

Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the max amount of data (measured in megabytes per second) that can be transferred across the external memory interface in one second. The number is calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by the speed of its memory. If it uses DDR type RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 once 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 high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that are processed in one second. This number is worked out by multiplying the total texture units by the core clock 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 in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics card can possibly write to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the amount 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 outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel fill rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the max fill rate.