Radeon R7 250 vs Radeon R7 M360

Intro

Compare all of that to the Radeon R7 M360, which comes with a core clock frequency of 1125 MHz and a DDR3 memory speed of 1000 MHz. It also features a 64-bit bus, and makes use of a 28 nm design. It is made up of 384 SPUs, 24 TAUs, and 8 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the Radeon R7 250 is 360% quicker than the Radeon R7 M360 overall, because of its greater data rate. (explain)

Radeon R7 250		73600 MB/sec
Radeon R7 M360		16000 MB/sec
	Difference: 57600 (360%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon R7 M360 should be a bit (approximately 13%) faster with regards to anisotropic filtering than the Radeon R7 250. (explain)

Radeon R7 M360		27000 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R7 250		24000 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 3000 (13%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon R7 M360 will be a bit (approximately 13%) faster with regards to FSAA than the Radeon R7 250, and should be capable of handling higher screen resolutions while still performing well. (explain)

Radeon R7 M360		9000 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R7 250		8000 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 1000 (13%)

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 largest amount of data (in units of MB per second) that can be transferred over the external memory interface in a second. It's calculated by multiplying the interface width by its memory clock speed. In the case of DDR memory, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the card's memory bandwidth, 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 number of texture map elements (texels) that are processed per second. This figure is calculated by multiplying the total amount of texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the graphics card could possibly record to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the number of colour ROPs by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel fill rate also depends on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the max fill rate.