Radeon R7 370 4G vs Radeon R7 M260X

Intro

Compare all of that to the Radeon R7 M260X, which makes use of a 28 nm design. AMD has set the core frequency at 825 MHz. The GDDR5 RAM is set to run at a speed of 1000 MHz on this particular model. It features 384 SPUs along with 24 TAUs and 8 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the Radeon R7 370 4G should theoretically be a lot superior to the Radeon R7 M260X overall. (explain)

Radeon R7 370 4G		179200 MB/sec
Radeon R7 M260X		64000 MB/sec
	Difference: 115200 (180%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon R7 370 4G is much (more or less 215%) faster with regards to texture filtering than the Radeon R7 M260X. (explain)

Radeon R7 370 4G		62400 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R7 M260X		19800 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 42600 (215%)

Pixel Rate

If using a high resolution is important to you, then the Radeon R7 370 4G is superior to the Radeon R7 M260X, by far. (explain)

Radeon R7 370 4G		31200 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R7 M260X		6600 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 24600 (373%)

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 maximum amount of information (measured in MB per second) that can be moved past the external memory interface in one second. The number is calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory speed. If it uses DDR memory, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the bandwidth is, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that are applied per second. This number is worked out by multiplying the total number of texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the video card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels the graphics card can possibly write to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel output rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the max fill rate.