GeForce GTX 960M vs Radeon R7 370 2G

Intro

Compare all of that to the Radeon R7 370 2G, which comes with a clock frequency of 975 MHz and a GDDR5 memory speed of 1400 MHz. It also features a 256-bit memory bus, and makes use of a 28 nm design. It is comprised of 1024 SPUs, 64 TAUs, 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 960M		4350 points
	Difference: 1232 (28%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 960M		65 Watts
Radeon R7 370 2G		110 Watts
	Difference: 45 Watts (69%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically, the Radeon R7 370 2G should perform a lot faster than the GeForce GTX 960M in general. (explain)

Radeon R7 370 2G		179200 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 960M		64000 MB/sec
	Difference: 115200 (180%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon R7 370 2G will be a lot (more or less 42%) more effective at texture filtering than the GeForce GTX 960M. (explain)

Radeon R7 370 2G		62400 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 960M		43840 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 18560 (42%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon R7 370 2G will be quite a bit (about 78%) better at FSAA than the GeForce GTX 960M, and also will be capable of handling higher resolutions without losing too much performance. (explain)

Radeon R7 370 2G		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 max amount of information (in units of megabytes per second) that can be transferred across the external memory interface within a second. It's calculated by multiplying the interface width by the speed of its memory. In the case of DDR type RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels the video card could possibly record to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel output rate is also dependant 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.