Radeon R9 380 2G vs Radeon R9 M270X

Intro

Compare all of that to the Radeon R9 M270X, which comes with a GPU core clock speed of 725 MHz, and 2048 MB of GDDR5 RAM set to run at 1125 MHz through a 128-bit bus. It also is comprised of 640 Stream Processors, 40 TAUs, and 16 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Memory Bandwidth

The Radeon R9 380 2G should theoretically be quite a bit faster than the Radeon R9 M270X overall. (explain)

Radeon R9 380 2G		182400 MB/sec
Radeon R9 M270X		72000 MB/sec
	Difference: 110400 (153%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon R9 380 2G should be much (approximately 275%) faster with regards to anisotropic filtering than the Radeon R9 M270X. (explain)

Radeon R9 380 2G		108640 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R9 M270X		29000 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 79640 (275%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon R9 380 2G will be quite a bit (approximately 168%) better at AA than the Radeon R9 M270X, and will be able to handle higher screen resolutions while still performing well. (explain)

Radeon R9 380 2G		31040 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R9 M270X		11600 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 19440 (168%)

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: Bandwidth is the max amount of data (measured in megabytes per second) that can be transported over the external memory interface within a second. It's worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by the speed of its memory. If it uses DDR RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the bandwidth is, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that can be applied in one second. This number is calculated 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 processed per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the video card could possibly write to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the number of colour ROPs by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel rate is also dependant on many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.