GeForce GTX 560 Ti vs Radeon R9 M370X

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon R9 M370X, which has GPU core speed of 800 MHz, and 2048 MB of GDDR5 memory running at 1125 MHz through a 128-bit bus. It also is comprised of 640 Stream Processors, 40 Texture Address Units, and 16 Raster Operation Units.

Display Graphs

Hide Graphs

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the GeForce GTX 560 Ti should perform quite a bit faster than the Radeon R9 M370X in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 560 Ti		128256 MB/sec
Radeon R9 M370X		72000 MB/sec
	Difference: 56256 (78%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 560 Ti is a lot (approximately 64%) better at anisotropic filtering than the Radeon R9 M370X. (explain)

GeForce GTX 560 Ti		52608 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R9 M370X		32000 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 20608 (64%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 560 Ti is much (more or less 106%) better at full screen anti-aliasing than the Radeon R9 M370X, and also capable of handling higher screen resolutions without slowing down too much. (explain)

GeForce GTX 560 Ti		26304 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R9 M370X		12800 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 13504 (106%)

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 information (in units of megabytes per second) that can be transferred across the external memory interface within a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the interface width by the speed of its memory. If it uses DDR type RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the bandwidth is, the better 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 number of texture map elements (texels) that can be applied in one second. This is worked out by multiplying the total texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the video card can possibly write to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the number of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the core 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 rate also depends on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.