GeForce GT 340 vs Radeon R7 M360

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon R7 M360, which features core speeds of 1125 MHz on the GPU, and 1000 MHz on the 2048 MB of DDR3 memory. It features 384 SPUs along with 24 TAUs and 8 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the GeForce GT 340 should theoretically be quite a bit better than the Radeon R7 M360 in general. (explain)

GeForce GT 340		54400 MB/sec
Radeon R7 M360		16000 MB/sec
	Difference: 38400 (240%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon R7 M360 should be quite a bit (more or less 53%) faster with regards to texture filtering than the GeForce GT 340. (explain)

Radeon R7 M360		27000 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GT 340		17600 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 9400 (53%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon R7 M360 is much (approximately 105%) more effective at FSAA than the GeForce GT 340, and should be able to handle higher resolutions more effectively. (explain)

Radeon R7 M360		9000 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GT 340		4400 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 4600 (105%)

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 data (in units of megabytes per second) that can be transferred across the external memory interface in one second. The number is calculated by multiplying the bus width by its memory speed. If it uses DDR memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If 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 number of texture map elements (texels) that are processed in one second. This figure is calculated by multiplying the total texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the graphics card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics chip can possibly record to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the amount of colour ROPs 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, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the max fill rate.