GeForce GTX 950 vs Radeon R5 M330

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon R5 M330, which features clock speeds of 1030 MHz on the GPU, and 900 MHz on the 2048 MB of DDR3 RAM. It features 320 SPUs along with 20 TAUs and 8 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Memory Bandwidth

As far as performance goes, the GeForce GTX 950 should in theory be much better than the Radeon R5 M330 in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 950		105728 MB/sec
Radeon R5 M330		14400 MB/sec
	Difference: 91328 (634%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 950 is much (approximately 139%) better at AF than the Radeon R5 M330. (explain)

GeForce GTX 950		49152 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R5 M330		20600 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 28552 (139%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 950 will be much (about 298%) more effective at FSAA than the Radeon R5 M330, and also will be capable of handling higher resolutions without slowing down too much. (explain)

GeForce GTX 950		32768 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R5 M330		8240 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 24528 (298%)

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 information (counted in megabytes per second) that can be moved across the external memory interface in a second. It's calculated by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory clock speed. If the card has DDR memory, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that are applied in one second. This figure is calculated by multiplying the total texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the 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 number of pixels the video card could possibly record to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the amount of colour ROPs by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. 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 get to the maximum fill rate.