Radeon R9 M375X vs Radeon RX 460 2GB

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon RX 460 2GB, which makes use of a 14 nm design. AMD has clocked the core frequency at 1090 MHz. The GDDR5 memory is set to run at a frequency of 1750 MHz on this specific card. It features 896 SPUs as well as 56 TAUs and 16 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the Radeon RX 460 2GB should perform a lot faster than the Radeon R9 M375X overall. (explain)

Radeon RX 460 2GB		112000 MB/sec
Radeon R9 M375X		72000 MB/sec
	Difference: 40000 (56%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 460 2GB will be quite a bit (about 50%) more effective at texture filtering than the Radeon R9 M375X. (explain)

Radeon RX 460 2GB		61040 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R9 M375X		40600 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 20440 (50%)

Pixel Rate

If running with high levels of AA is important to you, then the Radeon RX 460 2GB is the winner, but it probably won't make a huge difference. (explain)

Radeon RX 460 2GB		17440 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R9 M375X		16240 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 1200 (7%)

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 max amount of data (in units of MB per second) that can be transported over the external memory interface in one second. The number is worked out by multiplying the bus width by the speed of its memory. If it uses DDR RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the card's memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and high resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics chip could possibly write to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the amount of colour ROPs by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel output rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.