GeForce GTX 950M vs Radeon R5 M330

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon R5 M330, which comes with a core clock speed of 1030 MHz and a DDR3 memory speed of 900 MHz. It also features a 64-bit bus, and uses a 28 nm design. It is made up of 320 SPUs, 20 Texture Address Units, and 8 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the GeForce GTX 950M is 122% quicker than the Radeon R5 M330 in general, because of its higher data rate. (explain)

GeForce GTX 950M		32000 MB/sec
Radeon R5 M330		14400 MB/sec
	Difference: 17600 (122%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 950M is much (more or less 77%) faster with regards to AF than the Radeon R5 M330. (explain)

GeForce GTX 950M		36560 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R5 M330		20600 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 15960 (77%)

Pixel Rate

If using lots of anti-aliasing is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 950M is a better choice, by a large margin. (explain)

GeForce GTX 950M		14624 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R5 M330		8240 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 6384 (77%)

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 largest amount of data (measured in MB per second) that can be transported across the external memory interface within a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the interface width by its memory clock speed. If the card has DDR RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that are applied per second. This number is worked out by multiplying the total amount 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 processed in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the video card could possibly record to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the amount of ROPs by the clock 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 is also dependant on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the maximum fill rate.