GeForce GTX 560 vs Radeon R7 M360

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon R7 M360, which has clock speeds of 1125 MHz on the GPU, and 1000 MHz on the 2048 MB of DDR3 memory. It features 384 SPUs as well as 24 TAUs and 8 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce GTX 560 should perform quite a bit faster than the Radeon R7 M360 in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 560		128128 MB/sec
Radeon R7 M360		16000 MB/sec
	Difference: 112128 (701%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 560 is a lot (approximately 68%) more effective at AF than the Radeon R7 M360. (explain)

GeForce GTX 560		45360 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R7 M360		27000 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 18360 (68%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 560 is a lot (about 188%) better at AA than the Radeon R7 M360, and also will be capable of handling higher resolutions while still performing well. (explain)

GeForce GTX 560		25920 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R7 M360		9000 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 16920 (188%)

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 data (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transported over the external memory interface in one second. The number is worked out by multiplying the bus width by its memory speed. If it uses DDR memory, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the bandwidth is, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that can be processed in one second. This is worked out 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 handling 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 in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the number of ROPs by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel fill rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the max fill rate.