GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 vs Radeon R9 M370X

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon R9 M370X, which features GPU clock speed of 800 MHz, and 2048 MB of GDDR5 memory running at 1125 MHz through a 128-bit bus. It also is made up of 640 SPUs, 40 Texture Address Units, and 16 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 should in theory perform quite a bit faster than the Radeon R9 M370X in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 260 Core 216		111888 MB/sec
Radeon R9 M370X		72000 MB/sec
	Difference: 39888 (55%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 is quite a bit (approximately 30%) faster with regards to anisotropic filtering than the Radeon R9 M370X. (explain)

GeForce GTX 260 Core 216		41472 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R9 M370X		32000 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 9472 (30%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 should be much (approximately 26%) better at anti-aliasing than the Radeon R9 M370X, and able to handle higher screen resolutions more effectively. (explain)

GeForce GTX 260 Core 216		16128 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R9 M370X		12800 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 3328 (26%)

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 maximum amount of data (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transferred over the external memory interface within a second. It's worked out by multiplying the interface width by the speed of its memory. In the case of DDR memory, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the bandwidth is, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that can be processed in one second. This number is worked out by multiplying the total number of texture units by the core speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, 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 most pixels the graphics card can possibly record to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the amount of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel fill rate is also dependant on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the maximum fill rate.