GeForce GTX 860M vs Radeon R7 370 2G

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon R7 370 2G, which features a core clock frequency of 975 MHz and a GDDR5 memory speed of 1400 MHz. It also uses a 256-bit memory bus, and uses a 28 nm design. It is made up of 1024 SPUs, 64 TAUs, and 32 Raster Operation 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

Radeon R7 370 2G		5582 points
GeForce GTX 860M		4340 points
	Difference: 1242 (29%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 860M		45 Watts
Radeon R7 370 2G		110 Watts
	Difference: 65 Watts (144%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically, the Radeon R7 370 2G should perform much faster than the GeForce GTX 860M overall. (explain)

Radeon R7 370 2G		179200 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 860M		64000 MB/sec
	Difference: 115200 (180%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 860M will be quite a bit (about 23%) faster with regards to texture filtering than the Radeon R7 370 2G. (explain)

GeForce GTX 860M		76512 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R7 370 2G		62400 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 14112 (23%)

Pixel Rate

If using high levels of AA is important to you, then the Radeon R7 370 2G is superior to the GeForce GTX 860M, by far. (explain)

Radeon R7 370 2G		31200 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 860M		12752 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 18448 (145%)

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: Bandwidth is the max amount of information (counted in megabytes per second) that can be moved across the external memory interface in a second. It is calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by the speed of its memory. In the case of DDR memory, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the bandwidth is, the better 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 are processed in one second. This number is calculated by multiplying the total texture units of the card 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 applied in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics chip can possibly record to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the amount of ROPs by the the core clock speed. 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 is also dependant on many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.