GeForce GTX 570 vs Radeon R7 M360

Intro

Compare all of that to the Radeon R7 M360, which features a clock frequency of 1125 MHz and a DDR3 memory frequency of 1000 MHz. It also features a 64-bit memory bus, and makes use of a 28 nm design. It features 384 SPUs, 24 Texture Address Units, and 8 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Memory Bandwidth

As far as performance goes, the GeForce GTX 570 should theoretically be a lot superior to the Radeon R7 M360 in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 570		152000 MB/sec
Radeon R7 M360		16000 MB/sec
	Difference: 136000 (850%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 570 will be quite a bit (more or less 63%) more effective at AF than the Radeon R7 M360. (explain)

GeForce GTX 570		43920 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R7 M360		27000 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 16920 (63%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 570 should be quite a bit (about 225%) more effective at AA than the Radeon R7 M360, and should be capable of handling higher resolutions better. (explain)

GeForce GTX 570		29280 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R7 M360		9000 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 20280 (225%)

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 data (in units of MB per second) that can be moved past the external memory interface within a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the bus width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that are applied in one second. This is calculated by multiplying the total texture units by the core clock 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 can possibly record to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units by the the card's 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 also depends on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the max fill rate.