GeForce 8800 GT 1GB vs Radeon R7 M360

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon R7 M360, which has GPU core 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 Stream Processors, 24 Texture Address Units, and 8 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the GeForce 8800 GT 1GB should theoretically be much better than the Radeon R7 M360 in general. (explain)

GeForce 8800 GT 1GB		57600 MB/sec
Radeon R7 M360		16000 MB/sec
	Difference: 41600 (260%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce 8800 GT 1GB will be much (about 24%) more effective at anisotropic filtering than the Radeon R7 M360. (explain)

GeForce 8800 GT 1GB		33600 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R7 M360		27000 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 6600 (24%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce 8800 GT 1GB should be a little bit (more or less 7%) faster with regards to anti-aliasing than the Radeon R7 M360, and able to handle higher resolutions without slowing down too much. (explain)

GeForce 8800 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: Bandwidth is the largest amount of data (counted in MB per second) that can be moved past the external memory interface in one second. It is worked out by multiplying the interface width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

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

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