GeForce GTX 285 1GB vs Radeon R9 M370X

Intro

Compare that to the Radeon R9 M370X, which comes with a core clock frequency of 800 MHz and a GDDR5 memory frequency of 1125 MHz. It also uses a 128-bit memory bus, and makes use of a 28 nm design. It is comprised of 640 SPUs, 40 Texture Address Units, and 16 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the GeForce GTX 285 1GB should in theory be a lot better than the Radeon R9 M370X in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 285 1GB		158976 MB/sec
Radeon R9 M370X		72000 MB/sec
	Difference: 86976 (121%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 285 1GB is a lot (about 62%) better at texture filtering than the Radeon R9 M370X. (explain)

GeForce GTX 285 1GB		51840 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R9 M370X		32000 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 19840 (62%)

Pixel Rate

If using lots of anti-aliasing is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 285 1GB is a better choice, and very much so. (explain)

GeForce GTX 285 1GB		20736 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R9 M370X		12800 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 7936 (62%)

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 max amount of data (counted in MB per second) that can be transported across the external memory interface in a second. It is calculated by multiplying the interface width by the speed of its memory. If the card has DDR type memory, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the graphics card could possibly write to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the amount of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel fill rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the max fill rate.