GeForce 8800 GTX vs Radeon R9 M370X

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon R9 M370X, which has a core clock frequency of 800 MHz and a GDDR5 memory speed of 1125 MHz. It also makes use of a 128-bit bus, and makes use of a 28 nm design. It is made up of 640 SPUs, 40 TAUs, and 16 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce 8800 GTX should theoretically be a little bit faster than the Radeon R9 M370X overall. (explain)

GeForce 8800 GTX		86400 MB/sec
Radeon R9 M370X		72000 MB/sec
	Difference: 14400 (20%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce 8800 GTX should be a small bit (about 15%) more effective at texture filtering than the Radeon R9 M370X. (explain)

GeForce 8800 GTX		36800 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R9 M370X		32000 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 4800 (15%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce 8800 GTX is just a bit (about 8%) faster with regards to FSAA than the Radeon R9 M370X, and also should be capable of handling higher resolutions better. (explain)

GeForce 8800 GTX		13800 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R9 M370X		12800 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 1000 (8%)

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 information (in units of megabytes per second) that can be moved over the external memory interface in one second. It's calculated by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory clock speed. If the card has DDR RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that are processed per second. This is worked out by multiplying the total amount of texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the graphics card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics card can possibly record to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the number of Render Output Units by the the core clock speed. 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 many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the max fill rate.