GeForce 9800 GTX+ vs Radeon R9 M370X

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon R9 M370X, which makes use of a 28 nm design. AMD has set the core speed at 800 MHz. The GDDR5 RAM runs at a speed of 1125 MHz on this particular card. It features 640 SPUs as well as 40 TAUs and 16 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the Radeon R9 M370X should perform a little bit faster than the GeForce 9800 GTX+ overall. (explain)

Radeon R9 M370X		72000 MB/sec
GeForce 9800 GTX+		70400 MB/sec
	Difference: 1600 (2%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce 9800 GTX+ is quite a bit (more or less 48%) better at texture filtering than the Radeon R9 M370X. (explain)

GeForce 9800 GTX+		47232 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R9 M370X		32000 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 15232 (48%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon R9 M370X will be a small bit (about 8%) better at anti-aliasing than the GeForce 9800 GTX+, and should be able to handle higher screen resolutions while still performing well. (explain)

Radeon R9 M370X		12800 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 9800 GTX+		11808 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 992 (8%)

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 information (counted in MB per second) that can be transported past the external memory interface in a second. The number is calculated by multiplying the interface width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR memory, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the card's memory bandwidth, 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 processed per second. This figure is worked out by multiplying the total number of texture units 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 a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the video card could possibly write to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the amount of ROPs by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel output rate is also dependant on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the maximum fill rate.