GeForce 8800 GTS (G92) vs Radeon R9 M365X

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon R9 M365X, which has core clock speeds of 925 MHz on the GPU, and 1125 MHz on the 4096 MB of GDDR5 memory. 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 perform just a bit faster than the GeForce 8800 GTS (G92) overall. (explain)

Radeon R9 M365X		72000 MB/sec
GeForce 8800 GTS (G92)		62080 MB/sec
	Difference: 9920 (16%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce 8800 GTS (G92) should be a small bit (approximately 12%) more effective at AF than the Radeon R9 M365X. (explain)

GeForce 8800 GTS (G92)		41600 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R9 M365X		37000 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 4600 (12%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon R9 M365X is quite a bit (more or less 42%) better at anti-aliasing than the GeForce 8800 GTS (G92), and also able to handle higher screen resolutions better. (explain)

Radeon R9 M365X		14800 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 8800 GTS (G92)		10400 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 4400 (42%)

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 data (in units of MB per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface in one second. The number is worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by the speed of its memory. If it uses DDR type memory, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the bandwidth is, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels the video card can possibly write to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the number of colour ROPs by the the core speed of the card. 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 quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the max fill rate.