GeForce 8400 GS 512MB vs Radeon R7 M360

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon R7 M360, which comes with GPU clock speed of 1125 MHz, and 2048 MB of DDR3 memory running at 1000 MHz through a 64-bit bus. It also is comprised of 384 Stream Processors, 24 Texture Address Units, and 8 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the Radeon R7 M360 should perform a lot faster than the GeForce 8400 GS 512MB in general. (explain)

Radeon R7 M360		16000 MB/sec
GeForce 8400 GS 512MB		6400 MB/sec
	Difference: 9600 (150%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon R7 M360 is a lot (approximately 419%) faster with regards to texture filtering than the GeForce 8400 GS 512MB. (explain)

Radeon R7 M360		27000 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 8400 GS 512MB		5200 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 21800 (419%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon R7 M360 should be much (about 246%) faster with regards to anti-aliasing than the GeForce 8400 GS 512MB, and will be capable of handling higher resolutions without slowing down too much. (explain)

Radeon R7 M360		9000 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 8400 GS 512MB		2600 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 6400 (246%)

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 maximum amount of data (counted in megabytes per second) that can be moved over the external memory interface within a second. It is worked out by multiplying the interface width by the speed of its memory. In the case of DDR type RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better 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 amount of texture map elements (texels) that are processed per second. This number is calculated by multiplying the total number of texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the 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 most pixels the graphics card can possibly write to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the amount of Raster Operations Pipelines by the clock speed of the card. 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 quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the maximum fill rate.