GeForce 8800 GS vs Radeon R9 M370X

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon R9 M370X, which has GPU clock speed of 800 MHz, and 2048 MB of GDDR5 memory running at 1125 MHz through a 128-bit bus. It also is comprised of 640 SPUs, 40 TAUs, and 16 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the Radeon R9 M370X should perform much faster than the GeForce 8800 GS in general. (explain)

Radeon R9 M370X		72000 MB/sec
GeForce 8800 GS		38400 MB/sec
	Difference: 33600 (88%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon R9 M370X should be a lot (more or less 21%) faster with regards to anisotropic filtering than the GeForce 8800 GS. (explain)

Radeon R9 M370X		32000 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 8800 GS		26400 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 5600 (21%)

Pixel Rate

If running with a high screen resolution is important to you, then the Radeon R9 M370X is a better choice, by far. (explain)

Radeon R9 M370X		12800 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 8800 GS		6600 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 6200 (94%)

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 (counted in MB per second) that can be transferred across the external memory interface within a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the interface width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR type RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the card's memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that are applied per second. This figure is calculated by multiplying the total number of texture units of the card by the core 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 in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels that the graphics chip can possibly write to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the number of ROPs by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel rate also depends on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.