GeForce 8800 GT 512MB 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 makes use of a 64-bit bus, and uses a 28 nm design. It is comprised of 384 SPUs, 24 TAUs, and 8 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce 8800 GT 512MB should in theory be a lot faster than the Radeon R7 M360 overall. (explain)

GeForce 8800 GT 512MB		57600 MB/sec
Radeon R7 M360		16000 MB/sec
	Difference: 41600 (260%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce 8800 GT 512MB will be much (about 24%) faster with regards to anisotropic filtering than the Radeon R7 M360. (explain)

GeForce 8800 GT 512MB		33600 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R7 M360		27000 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 6600 (24%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce 8800 GT 512MB is a small bit (approximately 7%) more effective at full screen anti-aliasing than the Radeon R7 M360, and also will be able to handle higher resolutions while still performing well. (explain)

GeForce 8800 GT 512MB		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 largest amount of data (measured in MB per second) that can be transported across the external memory interface within a second. It is calculated by multiplying the interface width by the speed of its memory. If it uses DDR memory, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the card's memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that can be applied in one second. This is worked out by multiplying the total texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the video 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 video card could possibly record to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the number of colour ROPs by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel output rate also depends on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the maximum fill rate.