GeForce GTX 1630 vs Radeon R7 M265

Intro

Compare all of that to the Radeon R7 M265, which comes with a core clock speed of 725 MHz and a DDR3 memory frequency of 1000 MHz. It also features a 128-bit bus, and uses a 28 nm design. It is made up of 384 SPUs, 24 TAUs, and 8 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the GeForce GTX 1630 should be 207% quicker than the Radeon R7 M265 overall, due to its greater bandwidth. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1630		98304 MB/sec
Radeon R7 M265		32000 MB/sec
	Difference: 66304 (207%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1630 will be quite a bit (about 220%) more effective at AF than the Radeon R7 M265. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1630		55680 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R7 M265		17400 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 38280 (220%)

Pixel Rate

If using a high resolution is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 1630 is the winner, by far. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1630		27840 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R7 M265		5800 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 22040 (380%)

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 (counted in MB per second) that can be moved past the external memory interface in one second. It is calculated by multiplying the interface width by its memory clock speed. If the card has DDR type RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the card's memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that can be processed per second. This figure is calculated by multiplying the total number of texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher this number, 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 maximum number of pixels the video card could possibly record to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the amount of Raster Operations Pipelines 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 fill rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the max fill rate.