GeForce GT 450 (OEM) vs Radeon R9 M370X

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon R9 M370X, which features GPU core speed of 800 MHz, and 2048 MB of GDDR5 RAM set to run at 1125 MHz through a 128-bit bus. It also features 640 SPUs, 40 TAUs, and 16 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Memory Bandwidth

As far as performance goes, the GeForce GT 450 (OEM) should in theory be quite a bit better than the Radeon R9 M370X overall. (explain)

GeForce GT 450 (OEM)		96000 MB/sec
Radeon R9 M370X		72000 MB/sec
	Difference: 24000 (33%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon R9 M370X is quite a bit (about 69%) better at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GT 450 (OEM). (explain)

Radeon R9 M370X		32000 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GT 450 (OEM)		18960 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 13040 (69%)

Pixel Rate

If running with lots of anti-aliasing is important to you, then the GeForce GT 450 (OEM) is superior to the Radeon R9 M370X, and very much so. (explain)

GeForce GT 450 (OEM)		18960 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R9 M370X		12800 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 6160 (48%)

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 transported across the external memory interface in one second. It's calculated by multiplying the interface width by the speed of its memory. If the card has DDR RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the memory bandwidth, the better 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 amount of texture map elements (texels) that are applied in one second. This figure is worked out by multiplying the total texture units 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 in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics card could possibly write to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel 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 reach the max fill rate.