GeForce 9800 GT 1GB 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 memory set to run at 1000 MHz through a 64-bit bus. It also is made up of 384 SPUs, 24 TAUs, and 8 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the GeForce 9800 GT 1GB should in theory be quite a bit superior to the Radeon R7 M360 overall. (explain)

GeForce 9800 GT 1GB		57600 MB/sec
Radeon R7 M360		16000 MB/sec
	Difference: 41600 (260%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce 9800 GT 1GB will be quite a bit (about 24%) more effective at anisotropic filtering than the Radeon R7 M360. (explain)

GeForce 9800 GT 1GB		33600 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R7 M360		27000 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 6600 (24%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce 9800 GT 1GB is just a bit (approximately 7%) better at FSAA than the Radeon R7 M360, and also capable of handling higher resolutions without slowing down too much. (explain)

GeForce 9800 GT 1GB		9600 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R7 M360		9000 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 600 (7%)

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 MB per second) that can be moved past the external memory interface in a second. It's worked out by multiplying the bus width by its memory clock speed. In the case of DDR type RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the bandwidth is, the better 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 by the core speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the video card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics chip can possibly record to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the number of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel fill rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the max fill rate.