Radeon R7 M360 vs Radeon R9 M295X

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon R9 M295X, which comes with a clock frequency of 750 MHz and a GDDR5 memory frequency of 1375 MHz. It also uses a 256-bit bus, and makes use of a 28 nm design. It features 2048 SPUs, 128 TAUs, and 32 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically, the Radeon R9 M295X should be a lot faster than the Radeon R7 M360 overall. (explain)

Radeon R9 M295X		176000 MB/sec
Radeon R7 M360		16000 MB/sec
	Difference: 160000 (1000%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon R9 M295X is much (about 256%) more effective at AF than the Radeon R7 M360. (explain)

Radeon R9 M295X		96000 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R7 M360		27000 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 69000 (256%)

Pixel Rate

If using a high screen resolution is important to you, then the Radeon R9 M295X is superior to the Radeon R7 M360, and very much so. (explain)

Radeon R9 M295X		24000 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R7 M360		9000 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 15000 (167%)

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 information (measured in MB per second) that can be transported past the external memory interface in a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the bandwidth is, the better 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 per second. This figure is calculated by multiplying the total texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the 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 video card could possibly write to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the amount of ROPs by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel output rate also depends on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the max fill rate.