GeForce 8800 GT 256MB vs Radeon R7 M360

Intro

Compare that to the Radeon R7 M360, which makes use of a 28 nm design. AMD has clocked the core frequency at 1125 MHz. The DDR3 memory runs at a frequency of 1000 MHz on this specific model. It features 384 SPUs as well as 24 TAUs and 8 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce 8800 GT 256MB should perform quite a bit faster than the Radeon R7 M360 overall. (explain)

GeForce 8800 GT 256MB		44800 MB/sec
Radeon R7 M360		16000 MB/sec
	Difference: 28800 (180%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce 8800 GT 256MB should be much (about 24%) more effective at texture filtering than the Radeon R7 M360. (explain)

GeForce 8800 GT 256MB		33600 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R7 M360		27000 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 6600 (24%)

Pixel Rate

If running with a high screen resolution is important to you, then the GeForce 8800 GT 256MB is superior to the Radeon R7 M360, though not by far. (explain)

GeForce 8800 GT 256MB		9600 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R7 M360		9000 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 600 (7%)

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 maximum amount of information (counted in MB per second) that can be transported over the external memory interface in one second. It's worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory speed. If it uses DDR RAM, the result 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 higher screen resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the graphics card could possibly record to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the number of colour ROPs by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel fill rate is also dependant on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the maximum fill rate.