GeForce 8800 GTS (G92) vs Radeon R7 M360

Intro

Compare that to the Radeon R7 M360, which uses a 28 nm design. AMD has set the core speed at 1125 MHz. The DDR3 memory is set to run at a frequency of 1000 MHz on this model. It features 384 SPUs as well as 24 Texture Address Units and 8 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce 8800 GTS (G92) should perform quite a bit faster than the Radeon R7 M360 in general. (explain)

GeForce 8800 GTS (G92)		62080 MB/sec
Radeon R7 M360		16000 MB/sec
	Difference: 46080 (288%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce 8800 GTS (G92) is quite a bit (about 54%) more effective at texture filtering than the Radeon R7 M360. (explain)

GeForce 8800 GTS (G92)		41600 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R7 M360		27000 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 14600 (54%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce 8800 GTS (G92) should be a bit (approximately 16%) more effective at FSAA than the Radeon R7 M360, and should be able to handle higher resolutions while still performing well. (explain)

GeForce 8800 GTS (G92)		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: Memory bandwidth is the maximum amount of data (counted in MB per second) that can be moved across the external memory interface within a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory clock speed. In the case of DDR memory, it 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, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum 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 clock speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the card will be at handling 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 the graphics card could possibly write to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the number of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel fill rate also depends on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the maximum fill rate.