GeForce 8800 GT 1GB vs Radeon R9 M370X

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon R9 M370X, which features clock speeds of 800 MHz on the GPU, and 1125 MHz on the 2048 MB of GDDR5 memory. It features 640 SPUs along with 40 TAUs and 16 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the Radeon R9 M370X should be 25% faster than the GeForce 8800 GT 1GB in general, because of its higher bandwidth. (explain)

Radeon R9 M370X		72000 MB/sec
GeForce 8800 GT 1GB		57600 MB/sec
	Difference: 14400 (25%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce 8800 GT 1GB will be just a bit (approximately 5%) better at AF than the Radeon R9 M370X. (explain)

GeForce 8800 GT 1GB		33600 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R9 M370X		32000 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 1600 (5%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon R9 M370X is quite a bit (about 33%) more effective at FSAA than the GeForce 8800 GT 1GB, and also should be capable of handling higher resolutions better. (explain)

Radeon R9 M370X		12800 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 8800 GT 1GB		9600 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 3200 (33%)

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 data (measured in MB per second) that can be moved past the external memory interface in one second. The number is worked out by multiplying the bus width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR type memory, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the bandwidth is, 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 can be applied in one second. This is calculated by multiplying the total number of texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the video card will be at handling 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 record to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the number of Render Output Units by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the max fill rate.