GeForce GTX 460 SE vs Radeon R5 M330

Intro

Compare all that to the Radeon R5 M330, which uses a 28 nm design. AMD has clocked the core frequency at 1030 MHz. The DDR3 memory is set to run at a frequency of 900 MHz on this particular model. It features 320 SPUs along with 20 Texture Address Units and 8 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the GeForce GTX 460 SE should in theory be quite a bit better than the Radeon R5 M330 in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 460 SE		108800 MB/sec
Radeon R5 M330		14400 MB/sec
	Difference: 94400 (656%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 460 SE should be quite a bit (about 51%) more effective at texture filtering than the Radeon R5 M330. (explain)

GeForce GTX 460 SE		31200 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R5 M330		20600 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 10600 (51%)

Pixel Rate

If using a high resolution is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 460 SE is a better choice, and very much so. (explain)

GeForce GTX 460 SE		20800 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R5 M330		8240 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 12560 (152%)

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 (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 type RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that can be applied in one second. This figure is calculated by multiplying the total amount of texture units by the core speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the video 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 record to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units 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 also depends on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the max fill rate.