GeForce GTX 1630 vs Radeon R7 370 2G

Intro

Compare all that to the Radeon R7 370 2G, which comes with GPU core speed of 975 MHz, and 2048 MB of GDDR5 RAM running at 1400 MHz through a 256-bit bus. It also features 1024 SPUs, 64 TAUs, and 32 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 1630		75 Watts
Radeon R7 370 2G		110 Watts
	Difference: 35 Watts (47%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the Radeon R7 370 2G should perform a lot faster than the GeForce GTX 1630 in general. (explain)

Radeon R7 370 2G		179200 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 1630		98304 MB/sec
	Difference: 80896 (82%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon R7 370 2G will be a little bit (approximately 12%) better at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GTX 1630. (explain)

Radeon R7 370 2G		62400 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 1630		55680 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 6720 (12%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon R7 370 2G should be a little bit (more or less 12%) faster with regards to anti-aliasing than the GeForce GTX 1630, and also able to handle higher screen resolutions without slowing down too much. (explain)

Radeon R7 370 2G		31200 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 1630		27840 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 3360 (12%)

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 max amount of data (counted in MB per second) that can be transferred across the external memory interface in a second. It's worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 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 higher screen resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics card can possibly record to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the amount of Raster Operations Pipelines by the clock speed of the card. 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 fill rate is also dependant on many 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.