GeForce GT 340 1GB vs Radeon R9 M365X

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon R9 M365X, which comes with core speeds of 925 MHz on the GPU, and 1125 MHz on the 4096 MB of GDDR5 RAM. It features 640 SPUs along with 40 TAUs and 16 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the Radeon R9 M365X should be 32% quicker than the GeForce GT 340 1GB in general, because of its higher data rate. (explain)

Radeon R9 M365X		72000 MB/sec
GeForce GT 340 1GB		54400 MB/sec
	Difference: 17600 (32%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon R9 M365X is a lot (about 110%) faster with regards to AF than the GeForce GT 340 1GB. (explain)

Radeon R9 M365X		37000 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GT 340 1GB		17600 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 19400 (110%)

Pixel Rate

If running with high levels of AA is important to you, then the Radeon R9 M365X is a better choice, and very much so. (explain)

Radeon R9 M365X		14800 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GT 340 1GB		4400 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 10400 (236%)

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 (measured in megabytes per second) that can be transferred over the external memory interface within a second. It is calculated by multiplying the interface width by the speed of its memory. In the case of DDR memory, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the bandwidth is, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that can be processed per second. This number is worked out by multiplying the total texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the video card could possibly record to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the amount of ROPs by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes 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 of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the maximum fill rate.