Radeon R9 M370X vs Radeon RX 480 4GB

Intro

Compare that to the Radeon RX 480 4GB, which features a clock frequency of 1120 MHz and a GDDR5 memory frequency of 1750 MHz. It also makes use of a 256-bit memory bus, and makes use of a 14 nm design. It features 2304 SPUs, 144 TAUs, and 32 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the Radeon RX 480 4GB should perform quite a bit faster than the Radeon R9 M370X in general. (explain)

Radeon RX 480 4GB		229376 MB/sec
Radeon R9 M370X		72000 MB/sec
	Difference: 157376 (219%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 480 4GB should be quite a bit (about 404%) more effective at anisotropic filtering than the Radeon R9 M370X. (explain)

Radeon RX 480 4GB		161280 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R9 M370X		32000 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 129280 (404%)

Pixel Rate

If using high levels of AA is important to you, then the Radeon RX 480 4GB is a better choice, by far. (explain)

Radeon RX 480 4GB		35840 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R9 M370X		12800 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 23040 (180%)

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 transferred past the external memory interface in one second. It's worked out by multiplying the bus width by the speed of its memory. In the case of DDR type RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the faster 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 texture map elements (texels) that can be processed in one second. This number is calculated by multiplying the total number of texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the graphics card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics chip could possibly record to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the amount of colour ROPs by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel rate also depends on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the max fill rate.