Radeon R9 M370X vs Radeon RX 460 2GB

Intro

Compare all that to the Radeon RX 460 2GB, which features a core clock speed of 1090 MHz and a GDDR5 memory frequency of 1750 MHz. It also features a 128-bit bus, and uses a 14 nm design. It features 896 SPUs, 56 TAUs, and 16 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the Radeon RX 460 2GB is 56% quicker than the Radeon R9 M370X overall, because of its higher bandwidth. (explain)

Radeon RX 460 2GB		112000 MB/sec
Radeon R9 M370X		72000 MB/sec
	Difference: 40000 (56%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 460 2GB should be a lot (about 91%) better at texture filtering than the Radeon R9 M370X. (explain)

Radeon RX 460 2GB		61040 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R9 M370X		32000 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 29040 (91%)

Pixel Rate

If using high levels of AA is important to you, then the Radeon RX 460 2GB is a better choice, by a large margin. (explain)

Radeon RX 460 2GB		17440 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R9 M370X		12800 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 4640 (36%)

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

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the graphics card could possibly record to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel rate is also dependant on many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the maximum fill rate.