Radeon R7 370 4G vs Radeon R7 M360

Intro

Compare that to the Radeon R7 M360, which has a core clock speed of 1125 MHz and a DDR3 memory frequency of 1000 MHz. It also uses a 64-bit bus, and uses a 28 nm design. It is made up of 384 SPUs, 24 Texture Address Units, and 8 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the Radeon R7 370 4G should in theory be a lot better than the Radeon R7 M360 in general. (explain)

Radeon R7 370 4G		179200 MB/sec
Radeon R7 M360		16000 MB/sec
	Difference: 163200 (1020%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon R7 370 4G is much (about 131%) faster with regards to AF than the Radeon R7 M360. (explain)

Radeon R7 370 4G		62400 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R7 M360		27000 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 35400 (131%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon R7 370 4G should be quite a bit (about 247%) faster with regards to FSAA than the Radeon R7 M360, and also should be capable of handling higher resolutions while still performing well. (explain)

Radeon R7 370 4G		31200 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R7 M360		9000 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 22200 (247%)

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 maximum amount of information (in units of MB per second) that can be transported across the external memory interface in a second. It's calculated by multiplying the interface width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR type memory, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that can be applied per second. This number is calculated by multiplying the total amount of texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the video card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels per 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 number is worked out by multiplying the number of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel fill rate is also dependant on many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.