GeForce GTX 970M vs Radeon R7 360

Intro

Compare all of that to the Radeon R7 360, which uses a 28 nm design. AMD has set the core frequency at 1050 MHz. The GDDR5 RAM works at a frequency of 1625 MHz on this specific model. It features 768 SPUs along with 48 TAUs and 16 Rasterization Operator Units.

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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

GeForce GTX 970M		7520 points
Radeon R7 360		4110 points
	Difference: 3410 (83%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 970M		75 Watts
Radeon R7 360		100 Watts
	Difference: 25 Watts (33%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically, the Radeon R7 360 should perform a bit faster than the GeForce GTX 970M overall. (explain)

Radeon R7 360		104000 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 970M		96000 MB/sec
	Difference: 8000 (8%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 970M will be quite a bit (approximately 47%) more effective at AF than the Radeon R7 360. (explain)

GeForce GTX 970M		73920 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R7 360		50400 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 23520 (47%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 970M should be quite a bit (about 164%) more effective at full screen anti-aliasing than the Radeon R7 360, and capable of handling higher resolutions while still performing well. (explain)

GeForce GTX 970M		44352 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R7 360		16800 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 27552 (164%)

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 (counted in MB per second) that can be transported past the external memory interface within a second. It's calculated by multiplying the interface width by the speed of its memory. If the card has DDR memory, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the bandwidth is, the better 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 can be applied in one second. This number is calculated by multiplying the total number of texture units by the core speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the video 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 number of pixels that the graphics card could possibly write to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units by the the core speed of the card. 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 also depends on many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.