GeForce GTX 460 vs Radeon R7 M360

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon R7 M360, which features core 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

The GeForce GTX 460 should theoretically perform much faster than the Radeon R7 M360 overall. (explain)

GeForce GTX 460		86400 MB/sec
Radeon R7 M360		16000 MB/sec
	Difference: 70400 (440%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 460 will be much (approximately 40%) better at AF than the Radeon R7 M360. (explain)

GeForce GTX 460		37800 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R7 M360		27000 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 10800 (40%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 460 should be a lot (approximately 80%) more effective at AA than the Radeon R7 M360, and able to handle higher resolutions better. (explain)

GeForce GTX 460		16200 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R7 M360		9000 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 7200 (80%)

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 maximum amount of information (in units of megabytes per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface in one second. It's worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory speed. If it uses DDR type RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. 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 are applied in one second. This figure is worked out by multiplying the total amount of texture units by the core speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the 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 video card could possibly record to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units by the the core clock speed. 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 rate also depends on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the maximum fill rate.