GeForce GTX 980M vs Radeon R7 370 2G

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon R7 370 2G, which has a core clock speed of 975 MHz and a GDDR5 memory speed of 1400 MHz. It also features a 256-bit bus, and uses a 28 nm design. It features 1024 SPUs, 64 TAUs, and 32 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 980M		9476 points
Radeon R7 370 2G		5582 points
	Difference: 3894 (70%)

Zcash Mining Hash Rate

Radeon R7 370 2G		210 Sol/s
GeForce GTX 980M		155 Sol/s
	Difference: 55 (35%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GTX 980M		100 Watts
Radeon R7 370 2G		110 Watts
	Difference: 10 Watts (10%)

Memory Bandwidth

As far as performance goes, the Radeon R7 370 2G should theoretically be quite a bit superior to the GeForce GTX 980M overall. (explain)

Radeon R7 370 2G		179200 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 980M		128000 MB/sec
	Difference: 51200 (40%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 980M is much (about 60%) better at AF than the Radeon R7 370 2G. (explain)

GeForce GTX 980M		99648 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R7 370 2G		62400 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 37248 (60%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 980M is much (more or less 113%) faster with regards to AA than the Radeon R7 370 2G, and also should be able to handle higher screen resolutions without losing too much performance. (explain)

GeForce GTX 980M		66432 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R7 370 2G		31200 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 35232 (113%)

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 (in units of megabytes per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface in a second. It's calculated by multiplying the interface width by the speed of its memory. If the card has DDR type RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. 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 texture map elements (texels) that can be processed per second. This figure is calculated by multiplying the total texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the 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 number of pixels the graphics card could possibly write to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the number of colour ROPs by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel rate is also dependant on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the max fill rate.