GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 vs Radeon R9 M370X

Intro

Compare all that to the Radeon R9 M370X, which comes with GPU core speed of 800 MHz, and 2048 MB of GDDR5 RAM running at 1125 MHz through a 128-bit bus. It also is made up of 640 Stream Processors, 40 TAUs, and 16 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically, the GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 should be quite a bit faster than the Radeon R9 M370X in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 260 Core 216		111888 MB/sec
Radeon R9 M370X		72000 MB/sec
	Difference: 39888 (55%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 is much (more or less 30%) more effective at texture filtering than the Radeon R9 M370X. (explain)

GeForce GTX 260 Core 216		41472 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R9 M370X		32000 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 9472 (30%)

Pixel Rate

If using high levels of AA is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 is superior to the Radeon R9 M370X, by far. (explain)

GeForce GTX 260 Core 216		16128 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R9 M370X		12800 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 3328 (26%)

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 data (measured in MB per second) that can be moved past the external memory interface in one second. It is calculated by multiplying the bus width by its memory speed. If it uses DDR type RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the bandwidth is, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that are processed per second. This is worked out by multiplying the total number of texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the graphics 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 that the graphics card could possibly write to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the amount 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 quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the max fill rate.