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GeForce GTX 860M vs Radeon R7 370 4G
Intro
The GeForce GTX 860M makes use of a 28 nm design. nVidia has clocked the core speed at 797 MHz. The GDDR5 memory is set to run at a frequency of 1000 MHz on this particular model. It features 1152 SPUs along with 96 Texture Address Units and 16 Rasterization Operator Units.Compare all of that to the Radeon R7 370 4G, which features clock speeds of 975 MHz on the GPU, and 1400 MHz on the 4096 MB of GDDR5 memory. It features 1024 SPUs along with 64 TAUs and 32 ROPs.
Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks
Power Consumption (Max TDP)
| GeForce GTX 860M |
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45 Watts |
| Radeon R7 370 4G |
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110 Watts |
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Memory Bandwidth
Theoretically, the Radeon R7 370 4G should be a lot faster than the GeForce GTX 860M in general. (explain)
| Radeon R7 370 4G |
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179200 MB/sec |
| GeForce GTX 860M |
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64000 MB/sec |
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Texel Rate
The GeForce GTX 860M will be a lot (more or less 23%) better at AF than the Radeon R7 370 4G. (explain)| GeForce GTX 860M |
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76512 Mtexels/sec |
| Radeon R7 370 4G |
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62400 Mtexels/sec |
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Pixel Rate
The Radeon R7 370 4G should be quite a bit (about 145%) better at anti-aliasing than the GeForce GTX 860M, and should be capable of handling higher screen resolutions more effectively. (explain)| Radeon R7 370 4G |
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31200 Mpixels/sec |
| GeForce GTX 860M |
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12752 Mpixels/sec |
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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
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Specifications
| Model | GeForce GTX 860M | Radeon R7 370 4G |
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| Manufacturer | nVidia | AMD |
| Year | March 12 2014 | June 2015 |
| Code Name | GM107 | Trinidad |
| Memory | 4096 MB | 4096 MB |
| Core Speed | 797 MHz | 975 MHz |
| Memory Speed | 4000 MHz | 5600 MHz |
| Power (Max TDP) | 45 watts | 110 watts |
| Bandwidth | 64000 MB/sec | 179200 MB/sec |
| Texel Rate | 76512 Mtexels/sec | 62400 Mtexels/sec |
| Pixel Rate | 12752 Mpixels/sec | 31200 Mpixels/sec |
| Unified Shaders | 1152 | 1024 |
| Texture Mapping Units | 96 | 64 |
| Render Output Units | 16 | 32 |
| Bus Type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 128-bit | 256-bit |
| Fab Process | 28 nm | 28 nm |
| Transistors | (Unknown) million | 2080 million |
| Bus | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 ×16 |
| DirectX Version | DirectX 12 | DirectX 12.0 |
| OpenGL Version | OpenGL 4.5 | OpenGL 4.5 |
Memory Bandwidth: Bandwidth is the max amount of information (measured in MB per second) that can be transported past the external memory interface within a second. The number is calculated by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR memory, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.
Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that can be processed per second. This figure is worked out by multiplying the total number of texture units by the core 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 in a second.
Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels that the graphics chip could possibly write to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the number of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka 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, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the max fill rate.
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