Radeon R7 360 vs Radeon RX 470 4GB

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon RX 470 4GB, which comes with a core clock frequency of 926 MHz and a GDDR5 memory frequency of 1650 MHz. It also uses a 256-bit memory bus, and uses a 14 nm design. It is comprised of 2048 SPUs, 128 TAUs, and 32 ROPs.

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Benchmarks

These are real-world performance benchmarks that were submitted by Hardware Compare users. The scores seen here are the average of all benchmarks submitted for each respective test and hardware.

Zcash Mining Hash Rate

Radeon RX 470 4GB		270 Sol/s
Radeon R7 360		98 Sol/s
	Difference: 172 (176%)

Ethereum Mining Hash Rate

Radeon RX 470 4GB		27 Mh/s
Radeon R7 360		10 Mh/s
	Difference: 17 (170%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon R7 360		100 Watts
Radeon RX 470 4GB		120 Watts
	Difference: 20 Watts (20%)

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the Radeon RX 470 4GB should theoretically be quite a bit superior to the Radeon R7 360 overall. (explain)

Radeon RX 470 4GB		211200 MB/sec
Radeon R7 360		104000 MB/sec
	Difference: 107200 (103%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 470 4GB should be quite a bit (about 135%) more effective at AF than the Radeon R7 360. (explain)

Radeon RX 470 4GB		118528 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R7 360		50400 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 68128 (135%)

Pixel Rate

If running with a high resolution is important to you, then the Radeon RX 470 4GB is superior to the Radeon R7 360, by far. (explain)

Radeon RX 470 4GB		29632 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R7 360		16800 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 12832 (76%)

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.

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Specifications

Memory Bandwidth: Bandwidth is the maximum amount of data (measured in megabytes per second) that can be moved across the external memory interface in a second. It is worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that can be applied in one second. This number 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 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 number of pixels that the graphics chip could possibly write to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the number of colour ROPs by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel fill rate also depends on many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the max fill rate.