GeForce GTX 570 vs Radeon R7 M360

Intro

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

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce GTX 570 should be quite a bit faster than the Radeon R7 M360 overall. (explain)

GeForce GTX 570		152000 MB/sec
Radeon R7 M360		16000 MB/sec
	Difference: 136000 (850%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 570 will be quite a bit (approximately 63%) faster with regards to anisotropic filtering than the Radeon R7 M360. (explain)

GeForce GTX 570		43920 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R7 M360		27000 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 16920 (63%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 570 should be much (approximately 225%) more effective at AA than the Radeon R7 M360, and able to handle higher resolutions more effectively. (explain)

GeForce GTX 570		29280 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R7 M360		9000 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 20280 (225%)

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 (measured in MB per second) that can be transported over the external memory interface within a second. It is worked out by multiplying the bus width by its memory clock speed. If it uses DDR type RAM, the result 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 higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that are applied in one second. This figure is worked out by multiplying the total number of texture units by the core clock 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 applied in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the graphics card can possibly write to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel output rate also depends on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the maximum fill rate.