Radeon R7 M360 vs Radeon R9 M290X

Intro

Compare all that to the Radeon R9 M290X, which has a clock frequency of 850 MHz and a GDDR5 memory speed of 1200 MHz. It also features a 256-bit memory bus, and makes use of a 28 nm design. It features 1280 SPUs, 80 Texture Address Units, and 32 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the Radeon R9 M290X should be 860% faster than the Radeon R7 M360 in general, due to its greater data rate. (explain)

Radeon R9 M290X		153600 MB/sec
Radeon R7 M360		16000 MB/sec
	Difference: 137600 (860%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon R9 M290X is a lot (more or less 152%) more effective at texture filtering than the Radeon R7 M360. (explain)

Radeon R9 M290X		68000 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R7 M360		27000 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 41000 (152%)

Pixel Rate

If running with a high resolution is important to you, then the Radeon R9 M290X is superior to the Radeon R7 M360, and very much so. (explain)

Radeon R9 M290X		27200 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R7 M360		9000 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 18200 (202%)

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 data (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transferred across the external memory interface in one second. It's worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by the speed of its memory. If it uses DDR memory, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the card's memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the video card can possibly write to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the number of colour ROPs by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel rate is also dependant on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the max fill rate.