GeForce 8800 GS vs Radeon R9 M365X

Intro

Compare all of that to the Radeon R9 M365X, which uses a 28 nm design. AMD has clocked the core frequency at 925 MHz. The GDDR5 memory runs at a frequency of 1125 MHz on this card. It features 640 SPUs along with 40 Texture Address Units and 16 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the Radeon R9 M365X should theoretically be a lot superior to the GeForce 8800 GS in general. (explain)

Radeon R9 M365X		72000 MB/sec
GeForce 8800 GS		38400 MB/sec
	Difference: 33600 (88%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon R9 M365X is a lot (more or less 40%) better at texture filtering than the GeForce 8800 GS. (explain)

Radeon R9 M365X		37000 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 8800 GS		26400 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 10600 (40%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon R9 M365X will be much (more or less 124%) more effective at FSAA than the GeForce 8800 GS, and capable of handling higher screen resolutions more effectively. (explain)

Radeon R9 M365X		14800 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 8800 GS		6600 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 8200 (124%)

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 information (in units of MB per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface within a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the interface width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR type memory, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the card's memory bandwidth, the faster 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 texture map elements (texels) that can be processed per second. This is worked out by multiplying the total texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the video 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 number of pixels the video card can possibly record to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the number of Render Output Units by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel fill rate is also dependant on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the max fill rate.