GeForce GTX 590 vs Radeon R7 M360

Intro

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

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the GeForce GTX 590 should theoretically be much superior to the Radeon R7 M360 overall. (explain)

GeForce GTX 590		328320 MB/sec
Radeon R7 M360		16000 MB/sec
	Difference: 312320 (1952%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 590 will be a lot (more or less 188%) more effective at texture filtering than the Radeon R7 M360. (explain)

GeForce GTX 590		77696 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R7 M360		27000 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 50696 (188%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 590 will be much (about 547%) more effective at FSAA than the Radeon R7 M360, and also should be able to handle higher screen resolutions without losing too much performance. (explain)

GeForce GTX 590		58272 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R7 M360		9000 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 49272 (547%)

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: Bandwidth is the maximum amount of data (measured in MB per second) that can be transported across the external memory interface within a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR type RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the 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 applied in one second. This number is worked out by multiplying the total number of texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the graphics card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels that the graphics card could possibly write to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the amount of Raster Operations Pipelines by the clock 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 output rate is also dependant on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the max fill rate.