GeForce 8800 GTS (G92) vs Radeon R5 M330

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon R5 M330, which has core speeds of 1030 MHz on the GPU, and 900 MHz on the 2048 MB of DDR3 RAM. It features 320 SPUs along with 20 TAUs and 8 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce 8800 GTS (G92), in theory, should be a lot faster than the Radeon R5 M330 overall. (explain)

GeForce 8800 GTS (G92)		62080 MB/sec
Radeon R5 M330		14400 MB/sec
	Difference: 47680 (331%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce 8800 GTS (G92) will be quite a bit (more or less 102%) better at texture filtering than the Radeon R5 M330. (explain)

GeForce 8800 GTS (G92)		41600 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R5 M330		20600 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 21000 (102%)

Pixel Rate

If using a high resolution is important to you, then the GeForce 8800 GTS (G92) is the winner, by far. (explain)

GeForce 8800 GTS (G92)		10400 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R5 M330		8240 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 2160 (26%)

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 (counted in megabytes per second) that can be moved past the external memory interface in a second. It's worked out by multiplying the interface width by its memory speed. If it uses DDR type RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that are processed in one second. This figure is worked out by multiplying the total number of texture units by the core speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the graphics card will be at handling 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 could possibly record to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the number of colour ROPs by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel output rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the maximum fill rate.