GeForce GTX 880M vs Radeon R7 370 2G

Intro

Compare all that to the Radeon R7 370 2G, which uses a 28 nm design. AMD has set the core speed at 975 MHz. The GDDR5 memory runs at a frequency of 1400 MHz on this card. It features 1024 SPUs along with 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

GeForce GTX 880M		6360 points
Radeon R7 370 2G		5582 points
	Difference: 778 (14%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon R7 370 2G		110 Watts
GeForce GTX 880M		130 Watts
	Difference: 20 Watts (18%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically, the Radeon R7 370 2G should perform a lot faster than the GeForce GTX 880M in general. (explain)

Radeon R7 370 2G		179200 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 880M		128000 MB/sec
	Difference: 51200 (40%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 880M is much (approximately 96%) faster with regards to AF than the Radeon R7 370 2G. (explain)

GeForce GTX 880M		122112 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R7 370 2G		62400 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 59712 (96%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon R7 370 2G will be a small bit (more or less 2%) faster with regards to AA than the GeForce GTX 880M, and also will be able to handle higher screen resolutions without slowing down too much. (explain)

Radeon R7 370 2G		31200 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 880M		30528 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 672 (2%)

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 maximum amount of data (in units of MB per second) that can be transferred across the external memory interface within a second. It is worked out by multiplying the interface width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. 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 amount of texture map elements (texels) that are processed in one second. This figure 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 per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the graphics card can possibly write to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the amount of Raster Operations Pipelines by the clock 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 fill rate also depends on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the maximum fill rate.