GeForce GT 130 vs Radeon R9 M375

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon R9 M375, which makes use of a 28 nm design. AMD has set the core speed at 1015 MHz. The DDR3 memory is set to run at a frequency of 1100 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

Performance-wise, the Radeon R9 M375 should in theory be much superior to the GeForce GT 130 in general. (explain)

Radeon R9 M375		35200 MB/sec
GeForce GT 130		12000 MB/sec
	Difference: 23200 (193%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon R9 M375 should be a lot (approximately 238%) more effective at texture filtering than the GeForce GT 130. (explain)

Radeon R9 M375		40600 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GT 130		12000 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 28600 (238%)

Pixel Rate

If running with lots of anti-aliasing is important to you, then the Radeon R9 M375 is the winner, by a large margin. (explain)

Radeon R9 M375		16240 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GT 130		8000 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 8240 (103%)

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 transferred across the external memory interface within a second. It is worked out by multiplying the interface width by its memory clock speed. In the case of DDR type memory, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that are processed in one second. This is calculated by multiplying the total amount of texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the graphics card will be at handling 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 can possibly write to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the number of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel rate is also dependant on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the max fill rate.