GeForce 9800 GTX+ vs Radeon R7 M360

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon R7 M360, which features a GPU core clock speed of 1125 MHz, and 2048 MB of DDR3 RAM set to run at 1000 MHz through a 64-bit bus. It also is comprised of 384 Stream Processors, 24 TAUs, and 8 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the GeForce 9800 GTX+ will be 340% faster than the Radeon R7 M360 overall, because of its higher bandwidth. (explain)

GeForce 9800 GTX+		70400 MB/sec
Radeon R7 M360		16000 MB/sec
	Difference: 54400 (340%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce 9800 GTX+ is much (approximately 75%) more effective at texture filtering than the Radeon R7 M360. (explain)

GeForce 9800 GTX+		47232 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R7 M360		27000 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 20232 (75%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce 9800 GTX+ is quite a bit (about 31%) more effective at full screen anti-aliasing than the Radeon R7 M360, and also capable of handling higher screen resolutions more effectively. (explain)

GeForce 9800 GTX+		11808 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R7 M360		9000 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 2808 (31%)

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 max amount of data (in units of megabytes per second) that can be transported past the external memory interface in a second. It's worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory clock speed. If it uses DDR type RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the card's 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 number of texture map elements (texels) that are applied in one second. This number is calculated by multiplying the total number of texture units by the core speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics card can possibly write to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the amount of ROPs by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel fill rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.