GeForce GT 130 vs Radeon R9 M370X

Intro

Compare that to the Radeon R9 M370X, which has a core clock speed of 800 MHz and a GDDR5 memory speed of 1125 MHz. It also uses a 128-bit bus, and uses a 28 nm design. It features 640 SPUs, 40 TAUs, and 16 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically, the Radeon R9 M370X should perform a lot faster than the GeForce GT 130 overall. (explain)

Radeon R9 M370X		72000 MB/sec
GeForce GT 130		12000 MB/sec
	Difference: 60000 (500%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon R9 M370X is a lot (about 167%) more effective at AF than the GeForce GT 130. (explain)

Radeon R9 M370X		32000 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GT 130		12000 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 20000 (167%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon R9 M370X should be quite a bit (more or less 60%) better at full screen anti-aliasing than the GeForce GT 130, and also should be capable of handling higher resolutions while still performing well. (explain)

Radeon R9 M370X		12800 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GT 130		8000 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 4800 (60%)

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 information (in units of megabytes per second) that can be transported over the external memory interface in one second. The number is worked out by multiplying the bus width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. 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 can be processed per second. This number is calculated by multiplying the total texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the video card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics chip could possibly record to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the number 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 fill rate is also dependant on many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the max fill rate.