GeForce GTX 280 vs Radeon R7 M360

Intro

Compare all that to the Radeon R7 M360, which makes use of a 28 nm design. AMD has clocked the core speed at 1125 MHz. The DDR3 memory works at a speed of 1000 MHz on this particular card. It features 384 SPUs as well as 24 Texture Address Units and 8 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the GeForce GTX 280 should in theory be quite a bit superior to the Radeon R7 M360 overall. (explain)

GeForce GTX 280		141696 MB/sec
Radeon R7 M360		16000 MB/sec
	Difference: 125696 (786%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 280 is quite a bit (more or less 78%) better at texture filtering than the Radeon R7 M360. (explain)

GeForce GTX 280		48160 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R7 M360		27000 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 21160 (78%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 280 will be quite a bit (more or less 114%) faster with regards to anti-aliasing than the Radeon R7 M360, and also able to handle higher resolutions while still performing well. (explain)

GeForce GTX 280		19264 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R7 M360		9000 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 10264 (114%)

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 (counted in MB per second) that can be transported across the external memory interface in a second. It is calculated by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR type memory, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that can be processed in one second. This figure is calculated by multiplying the total number of texture units of the card 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 processed per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics chip can possibly record to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the amount of ROPs by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel fill rate also depends on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.