GeForce GTX 960M vs Radeon R7 370 2G

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon R7 370 2G, which features GPU clock speed of 975 MHz, and 2048 MB of GDDR5 memory running at 1400 MHz through a 256-bit bus. It also features 1024 SPUs, 64 TAUs, and 32 ROPs.

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Benchmarks

These are real-world performance benchmarks that were submitted by Hardware Compare users. The scores seen here are the average of all benchmarks submitted for each respective test and hardware.

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics Score

Radeon R7 370 2G		5582 points
GeForce GTX 960M		4350 points
	Difference: 1232 (28%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 960M		65 Watts
Radeon R7 370 2G		110 Watts
	Difference: 45 Watts (69%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the Radeon R7 370 2G should be 180% faster than the GeForce GTX 960M overall, due to its higher data rate. (explain)

Radeon R7 370 2G		179200 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 960M		64000 MB/sec
	Difference: 115200 (180%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon R7 370 2G is much (approximately 42%) more effective at texture filtering than the GeForce GTX 960M. (explain)

Radeon R7 370 2G		62400 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 960M		43840 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 18560 (42%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon R7 370 2G will be quite a bit (approximately 78%) better at anti-aliasing than the GeForce GTX 960M, and should be able to handle higher screen resolutions while still performing well. (explain)

Radeon R7 370 2G		31200 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GTX 960M		17536 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 13664 (78%)

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 information (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transported over the external memory interface in a second. It's worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory clock speed. If it uses DDR type RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the memory bandwidth, 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 can be processed in one second. This figure is calculated by multiplying the total texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the graphics card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the video 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 number of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel fill rate also depends on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the max fill rate.