GeForce 8400 GS 512MB vs Radeon R7 360

Intro

Compare all that to the Radeon R7 360, which features a core clock speed of 1050 MHz and a GDDR5 memory frequency of 1625 MHz. It also makes use of a 128-bit bus, and makes use of a 28 nm design. It features 768 SPUs, 48 Texture Address Units, and 16 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce 8400 GS 512MB		40 Watts
Radeon R7 360		100 Watts
	Difference: 60 Watts (150%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically, the Radeon R7 360 should perform a lot faster than the GeForce 8400 GS 512MB in general. (explain)

Radeon R7 360		104000 MB/sec
GeForce 8400 GS 512MB		6400 MB/sec
	Difference: 97600 (1525%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon R7 360 should be a lot (more or less 869%) faster with regards to AF than the GeForce 8400 GS 512MB. (explain)

Radeon R7 360		50400 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 8400 GS 512MB		5200 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 45200 (869%)

Pixel Rate

If running with a high screen resolution is important to you, then the Radeon R7 360 is a better choice, by far. (explain)

Radeon R7 360		16800 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 8400 GS 512MB		2600 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 14200 (546%)

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 largest amount of information (measured in MB per second) that can be moved past the external memory interface within a second. It's calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by the speed of its memory. In the case of DDR type RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the bandwidth is, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that are processed 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 graphics card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels the graphics card can possibly record to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out 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 drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel rate also depends on many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.