Radeon R7 260X vs Radeon R7 M360

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon R7 M360, which has GPU clock speed of 1125 MHz, and 2048 MB of DDR3 RAM running at 1000 MHz through a 64-bit bus. It also features 384 SPUs, 24 TAUs, and 8 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the Radeon R7 260X should theoretically be quite a bit superior to the Radeon R7 M360 in general. (explain)

Radeon R7 260X		104000 MB/sec
Radeon R7 M360		16000 MB/sec
	Difference: 88000 (550%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon R7 260X will be a lot (more or less 128%) more effective at texture filtering than the Radeon R7 M360. (explain)

Radeon R7 260X		61600 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R7 M360		27000 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 34600 (128%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon R7 260X is a lot (more or less 96%) better at anti-aliasing than the Radeon R7 M360, and also capable of handling higher screen resolutions without slowing down too much. (explain)

Radeon R7 260X		17600 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R7 M360		9000 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 8600 (96%)

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 largest amount of data (counted in MB per second) that can be moved over the external memory interface in one second. The number is calculated by multiplying the interface width by the speed of its memory. If the card has DDR type memory, the result should 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 AA, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that are processed per second. This is calculated by multiplying the total texture units of the card by the core 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 per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics chip can possibly write to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the amount of colour ROPs 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 fill rate is also dependant on many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.