GeForce 9600 GSO 512MB vs Radeon R7 M360

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon R7 M360, which comes with 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 made up of 384 Stream Processors, 24 TAUs, and 8 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce 9600 GSO 512MB, in theory, should be quite a bit faster than the Radeon R7 M360 overall. (explain)

GeForce 9600 GSO 512MB		57600 MB/sec
Radeon R7 M360		16000 MB/sec
	Difference: 41600 (260%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce 9600 GSO 512MB will be a small bit (approximately 16%) more effective at texture filtering than the Radeon R7 M360. (explain)

GeForce 9600 GSO 512MB		31200 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R7 M360		27000 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 4200 (16%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce 9600 GSO 512MB is a small bit (about 16%) more effective at full screen anti-aliasing than the Radeon R7 M360, and should be able to handle higher screen resolutions more effectively. (explain)

GeForce 9600 GSO 512MB		10400 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R7 M360		9000 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 1400 (16%)

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 (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transported past the external memory interface within a second. It's worked out by multiplying the bus width by its memory clock speed. If the card has DDR memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the card's memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that can be applied in one second. This is worked out by multiplying the total texture units by the core speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the graphics card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the video card could possibly record to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the amount of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel output rate also depends on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the max fill rate.