Radeon R7 M360 vs Radeon R9 M265X

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon R9 M265X, which features clock speeds of 575 MHz on the GPU, and 1125 MHz on the 2048 MB of GDDR5 memory. It features 640 SPUs along with 40 TAUs and 16 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the Radeon R9 M265X is 350% faster than the Radeon R7 M360 in general, due to its higher data rate. (explain)

Radeon R9 M265X		72000 MB/sec
Radeon R7 M360		16000 MB/sec
	Difference: 56000 (350%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon R7 M360 will be a bit (about 17%) better at AF than the Radeon R9 M265X. (explain)

Radeon R7 M360		27000 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R9 M265X		23000 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 4000 (17%)

Pixel Rate

If using high levels of AA is important to you, then the Radeon R9 M265X is the winner, but it probably won't make a huge difference. (explain)

Radeon R9 M265X		9200 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R7 M360		9000 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 200 (2%)

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 max amount of information (measured in megabytes per second) that can be transported across the external memory interface within a second. It's worked out by multiplying the bus width by its memory clock speed. In the case of DDR memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and high resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics chip could possibly record to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate 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 drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel output rate is also dependant on many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.