Radeon R5 M330 vs Radeon R7 360

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon R7 360, which features GPU core speed of 1050 MHz, and 2048 MB of GDDR5 memory set to run at 1625 MHz through a 128-bit bus. It also features 768 SPUs, 48 Texture Address Units, and 16 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Memory Bandwidth

As far as performance goes, the Radeon R7 360 should theoretically be much superior to the Radeon R5 M330 overall. (explain)

Radeon R7 360		104000 MB/sec
Radeon R5 M330		14400 MB/sec
	Difference: 89600 (622%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon R7 360 should be a lot (approximately 145%) more effective at AF than the Radeon R5 M330. (explain)

Radeon R7 360		50400 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R5 M330		20600 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 29800 (145%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon R7 360 should be a lot (more or less 104%) more effective at AA than the Radeon R5 M330, and capable of handling higher screen resolutions without losing too much performance. (explain)

Radeon R7 360		16800 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R5 M330		8240 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 8560 (104%)

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 max amount of data (counted in MB per second) that can be moved over the external memory interface in one second. It's calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory clock speed. If the card has DDR type memory, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the card's 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 amount of texture map elements (texels) that are processed per second. This figure is worked out by multiplying the total amount of 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 processed in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the graphics card can possibly write to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the number of Render Output Units by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.