GeForce 8800 GS vs Radeon R9 M375

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon R9 M375, which features core speeds of 1015 MHz on the GPU, and 1100 MHz on the 4096 MB of DDR3 memory. 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 GeForce 8800 GS should in theory be a bit superior to the Radeon R9 M375 overall. (explain)

GeForce 8800 GS		38400 MB/sec
Radeon R9 M375		35200 MB/sec
	Difference: 3200 (9%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon R9 M375 should be a lot (approximately 54%) faster with regards to texture filtering than the GeForce 8800 GS. (explain)

Radeon R9 M375		40600 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 8800 GS		26400 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 14200 (54%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon R9 M375 is quite a bit (approximately 146%) more effective at FSAA than the GeForce 8800 GS, and capable of handling higher screen resolutions more effectively. (explain)

Radeon R9 M375		16240 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 8800 GS		6600 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 9640 (146%)

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 largest amount of information (in units of megabytes per second) that can be transported across the external memory interface within a second. It's worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory clock speed. If it uses DDR type memory, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the 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 texture map elements (texels) that are applied per second. This is worked out by multiplying the total amount of texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the graphics card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics card can possibly record to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel 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 max fill rate.