GeForce GTX 960M vs Radeon R7 360

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon R7 360, which has GPU core speed of 1050 MHz, and 2048 MB of GDDR5 memory set to run at 1625 MHz through a 128-bit bus. It also is made up of 768 SPUs, 48 TAUs, and 16 Raster Operation Units.

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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

GeForce GTX 960M		4350 points
Radeon R7 360		4110 points
	Difference: 240 (6%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 960M		65 Watts
Radeon R7 360		100 Watts
	Difference: 35 Watts (54%)

Memory Bandwidth

The Radeon R7 360 should theoretically perform quite a bit faster than the GeForce GTX 960M in general. (explain)

Radeon R7 360		104000 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 960M		64000 MB/sec
	Difference: 40000 (63%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon R7 360 should be just a bit (more or less 15%) more effective at texture filtering than the GeForce GTX 960M. (explain)

Radeon R7 360		50400 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GTX 960M		43840 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 6560 (15%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 960M should be a bit (about 4%) better at AA than the Radeon R7 360, and will be capable of handling higher screen resolutions while still performing well. (explain)

GeForce GTX 960M		17536 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R7 360		16800 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 736 (4%)

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.

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Specifications

Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the maximum amount of information (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transferred across the external memory interface within a second. The number is calculated by multiplying the interface width by the speed of its memory. In the case of DDR type memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the card's 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 amount of texture map elements (texels) that can be processed per second. This is worked out by multiplying the total number of texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the video 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 that the graphics card could possibly write to the local memory in one 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 filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel rate also depends on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the max fill rate.