GeForce GTX 460 (OEM) vs Radeon R7 M360

Intro

Compare that to the Radeon R7 M360, which features GPU core speed of 1125 MHz, and 2048 MB of DDR3 memory set to run at 1000 MHz through a 64-bit bus. It also features 384 SPUs, 24 Texture Address Units, and 8 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically, the GeForce GTX 460 (OEM) should be a lot faster than the Radeon R7 M360 in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 460 (OEM)		108800 MB/sec
Radeon R7 M360		16000 MB/sec
	Difference: 92800 (580%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 460 (OEM) should be quite a bit (about 35%) more effective at texture filtering than the Radeon R7 M360. (explain)

GeForce GTX 460 (OEM)		36400 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R7 M360		27000 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 9400 (35%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 460 (OEM) is quite a bit (more or less 131%) more effective at FSAA than the Radeon R7 M360, and will be capable of handling higher screen resolutions better. (explain)

GeForce GTX 460 (OEM)		20800 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R7 M360		9000 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 11800 (131%)

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 transported over the external memory interface in a second. The number is calculated by multiplying the bus width by its memory clock speed. In the case of DDR RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 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 number of texture map elements (texels) that can be processed per second. This figure is worked out by multiplying the total texture units by the core speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the video 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 that the graphics chip could possibly write to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the number of Raster Operations Pipelines by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel fill 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 maximum fill rate.