GeForce GT 230 vs Radeon R9 M375

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon R9 M375, which comes with GPU core speed of 1015 MHz, and 4096 MB of DDR3 RAM set to run at 1100 MHz through a 128-bit bus. It also is comprised of 640 SPUs, 40 TAUs, and 16 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce GT 230 should perform a small bit faster than the Radeon R9 M375 overall. (explain)

GeForce GT 230		38400 MB/sec
Radeon R9 M375		35200 MB/sec
	Difference: 3200 (9%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon R9 M375 will be a lot (about 361%) faster with regards to AF than the GeForce GT 230. (explain)

Radeon R9 M375		40600 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GT 230		8800 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 31800 (361%)

Pixel Rate

If running with a high resolution is important to you, then the Radeon R9 M375 is a better choice, by a large margin. (explain)

Radeon R9 M375		16240 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GT 230		4400 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 11840 (269%)

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 (counted in megabytes per second) that can be moved across the external memory interface in one second. The number is worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by the speed of its memory. If the card has DDR memory, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics chip can possibly record to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the number of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel fill rate is also dependant on many 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.