GeForce GT 230 vs Radeon R9 M375X

Intro

Compare that to the Radeon R9 M375X, which makes use of a 28 nm design. AMD has clocked the core speed at 1015 MHz. The GDDR5 memory works at a frequency of 1125 MHz on this model. It features 640 SPUs as well as 40 TAUs and 16 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Memory Bandwidth

The Radeon R9 M375X should theoretically be quite a bit faster than the GeForce GT 230 in general. (explain)

Radeon R9 M375X		72000 MB/sec
GeForce GT 230		38400 MB/sec
	Difference: 33600 (88%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon R9 M375X is quite a bit (about 361%) more effective at AF than the GeForce GT 230. (explain)

Radeon R9 M375X		40600 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GT 230		8800 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 31800 (361%)

Pixel Rate

If running with a high screen resolution is important to you, then the Radeon R9 M375X is superior to the GeForce GT 230, by far. (explain)

Radeon R9 M375X		16240 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GT 230		4400 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 11840 (269%)

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 (in units of MB per second) that can be transported over the external memory interface in a second. It's worked out by multiplying the interface width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR type memory, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the bandwidth is, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that are applied in one second. This is worked out by multiplying the total texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the 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 most pixels that the graphics card could possibly write to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the number of ROPs by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel output rate also depends on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the max fill rate.