GeForce GT 310 vs Radeon R9 M365X

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon R9 M365X, which features GPU core speed of 925 MHz, and 4096 MB of GDDR5 RAM running at 1125 MHz through a 128-bit bus. It also is comprised of 640 SPUs, 40 TAUs, and 16 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Memory Bandwidth

The Radeon R9 M365X should theoretically perform a lot faster than the GeForce GT 310 overall. (explain)

Radeon R9 M365X		72000 MB/sec
GeForce GT 310		16000 MB/sec
	Difference: 56000 (350%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon R9 M365X will be quite a bit (about 685%) more effective at texture filtering than the GeForce GT 310. (explain)

Radeon R9 M365X		37000 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GT 310		4712 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 32288 (685%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon R9 M365X will be a lot (more or less 528%) faster with regards to FSAA than the GeForce GT 310, and also will be capable of handling higher resolutions more effectively. (explain)

Radeon R9 M365X		14800 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GT 310		2356 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 12444 (528%)

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 maximum amount of data (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transported over the external memory interface in one second. The number is worked out by multiplying the interface width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR type memory, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that are applied in one second. This is calculated by multiplying the total amount of texture units by the core speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the graphics 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 that the graphics card can possibly write to the 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 speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel fill rate also depends on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the max fill rate.