GeForce GTX 960M vs Radeon R7 370 4G

Intro

Compare all that to the Radeon R7 370 4G, which comes with core clock speeds of 975 MHz on the GPU, and 1400 MHz on the 4096 MB of GDDR5 RAM. It features 1024 SPUs as well as 64 TAUs and 32 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 960M		65 Watts
Radeon R7 370 4G		110 Watts
	Difference: 45 Watts (69%)

Memory Bandwidth

As far as performance goes, the Radeon R7 370 4G should theoretically be much superior to the GeForce GTX 960M in general. (explain)

Radeon R7 370 4G		179200 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 960M		64000 MB/sec
	Difference: 115200 (180%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon R7 370 4G should be quite a bit (more or less 42%) better at texture filtering than the GeForce GTX 960M. (explain)

Radeon R7 370 4G		62400 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 960M		43840 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 18560 (42%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon R7 370 4G is much (about 78%) better at AA than the GeForce GTX 960M, and should be able to handle higher resolutions more effectively. (explain)

Radeon R7 370 4G		31200 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 960M		17536 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 13664 (78%)

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 transported across the external memory interface in a second. It's worked out 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 DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the bandwidth is, 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 texture map elements (texels) that are processed per second. This number is worked out by multiplying the total texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the graphics card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics card could possibly record to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the amount of Raster Operations Pipelines by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel output rate also depends on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.