GeForce GTX 570 vs Radeon R7 M360

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon R7 M360, which uses a 28 nm design. AMD has set the core frequency at 1125 MHz. The DDR3 memory runs at a speed of 1000 MHz on this particular model. It features 384 SPUs as well as 24 TAUs and 8 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the GeForce GTX 570 should perform much faster than the Radeon R7 M360 in general. (explain)

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

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 570 will be a lot (approximately 63%) more effective at AF 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 will be quite a bit (more or less 225%) better at anti-aliasing than the Radeon R7 M360, and should be capable of handling higher screen resolutions while still performing well. (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 (in units of MB per second) that can be transported past the external memory interface within a second. It is worked out by multiplying the card's 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 memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

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

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