GeForce 9600 GSO 384MB vs Radeon R7 M360

Intro

Compare all that to the Radeon R7 M360, which comes with a core clock frequency of 1125 MHz and a DDR3 memory speed of 1000 MHz. It also uses a 64-bit memory bus, and uses a 28 nm design. It is comprised of 384 SPUs, 24 TAUs, and 8 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce 9600 GSO 384MB should theoretically perform much faster than the Radeon R7 M360 in general. (explain)

GeForce 9600 GSO 384MB		38400 MB/sec
Radeon R7 M360		16000 MB/sec
	Difference: 22400 (140%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon R7 M360 should be a bit (about 2%) better at AF than the GeForce 9600 GSO 384MB. (explain)

Radeon R7 M360		27000 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO 384MB		26400 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 600 (2%)

Pixel Rate

If using lots of anti-aliasing is important to you, then the Radeon R7 M360 is the winner, and very much so. (explain)

Radeon R7 M360		9000 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 9600 GSO 384MB		6600 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 2400 (36%)

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 (in units of MB per second) that can be transferred over the external memory interface within a second. The number is calculated by multiplying the interface width by its memory clock speed. In the case of DDR type RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the bandwidth is, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, 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 number is calculated by multiplying the total number of texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the video card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics chip could possibly write to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel output rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the maximum fill rate.