GeForce GTX 275 vs Radeon R7 360

Intro

Compare that to the Radeon R7 360, which makes use of a 28 nm design. AMD has set the core speed at 1050 MHz. The GDDR5 RAM runs at a frequency of 1625 MHz on this model. It features 768 SPUs as well as 48 TAUs and 16 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon R7 360		100 Watts
GeForce GTX 275		219 Watts
	Difference: 119 Watts (119%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce GTX 275 should perform quite a bit faster than the Radeon R7 360 in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 275		127008 MB/sec
Radeon R7 360		104000 MB/sec
	Difference: 23008 (22%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 275 is just a bit (more or less 0%) faster with regards to texture filtering than the Radeon R7 360. (explain)

GeForce GTX 275		50640 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R7 360		50400 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 240 (0%)

Pixel Rate

If using high levels of AA is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 275 is a better choice, but only just. (explain)

GeForce GTX 275		17724 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R7 360		16800 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 924 (6%)

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 maximum amount of information (measured in MB per second) that can be transported over the external memory interface in a second. It's calculated by multiplying the card's bus width by the speed of its memory. If it uses DDR RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the bandwidth is, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that can be processed in one second. This figure is worked out by multiplying the total texture units of the card 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 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 colour ROPs by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel output rate also depends on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the max fill rate.