Radeon R7 M360 vs Radeon R9 295X2

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon R9 295X2, which comes with a GPU core clock speed of 1018 MHz, and 4096 MB of GDDR5 RAM set to run at 1250 MHz through a 512-bit bus. It also features 2816 Stream Processors, 176 TAUs, and 64 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the Radeon R9 295X2 should be 3900% faster than the Radeon R7 M360 overall, because of its higher bandwidth. (explain)

Radeon R9 295X2		640000 MB/sec
Radeon R7 M360		16000 MB/sec
	Difference: 624000 (3900%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon R9 295X2 will be quite a bit (more or less 1227%) more effective at anisotropic filtering than the Radeon R7 M360. (explain)

Radeon R9 295X2		358336 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R7 M360		27000 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 331336 (1227%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon R9 295X2 is quite a bit (more or less 1348%) better at full screen anti-aliasing than the Radeon R7 M360, and should be capable of handling higher resolutions while still performing well. (explain)

Radeon R9 295X2		130304 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R7 M360		9000 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 121304 (1348%)

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.

One or more cards in this comparison are multi-core. This means that their bandwidth, texel and pixel rates are theoretically doubled - this does not mean the card will actually perform twice as fast, but only that it should in theory be able to. Actual game benchmarks will give a more accurate idea of what it's capable of.

Price Comparison

Specifications

Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the largest amount of data (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transferred over the external memory interface in a second. It is calculated by multiplying the bus width by its memory clock speed. If it uses DDR type RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the bandwidth is, 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 texture map elements (texels) that can be processed per second. This is worked out by multiplying the total amount of texture units by the core speed of the chip. The higher 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 maximum number of pixels that the graphics chip could possibly record to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the number of colour ROPs by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel output rate also depends on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the max fill rate.