GeForce GTX 460 (OEM) vs Radeon R9 M370X

Intro

Compare all of that to the Radeon R9 M370X, which features a clock frequency of 800 MHz and a GDDR5 memory frequency of 1125 MHz. It also makes use of a 128-bit bus, and makes use of a 28 nm design. It features 640 SPUs, 40 Texture Address Units, and 16 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce GTX 460 (OEM) should theoretically be quite a bit faster than the Radeon R9 M370X overall. (explain)

GeForce GTX 460 (OEM)		108800 MB/sec
Radeon R9 M370X		72000 MB/sec
	Difference: 36800 (51%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 460 (OEM) is a small bit (more or less 14%) better at AF than the Radeon R9 M370X. (explain)

GeForce GTX 460 (OEM)		36400 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R9 M370X		32000 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 4400 (14%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 460 (OEM) will be quite a bit (more or less 63%) faster with regards to full screen anti-aliasing than the Radeon R9 M370X, and should be capable of handling higher resolutions without slowing down too much. (explain)

GeForce GTX 460 (OEM)		20800 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R9 M370X		12800 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 8000 (63%)

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 (measured in megabytes per second) that can be moved across the external memory interface in one second. It is calculated by multiplying the bus width by the speed of its memory. In the case of DDR RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the bandwidth is, 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 are processed in one second. This figure is worked out by multiplying the total amount of texture units by the core speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the video card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels the video card could possibly record to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the amount 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 rate also depends on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the max fill rate.