Radeon R7 360 vs Radeon RX 470

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon RX 470, which features a core clock frequency of 926 MHz and a GDDR5 memory frequency of 1650 MHz. It also features a 256-bit memory bus, and makes use of a 14 nm design. It is comprised of 2048 SPUs, 128 Texture Address Units, and 32 Raster Operation Units.

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Benchmarks

These are real-world performance benchmarks that were submitted by Hardware Compare users. The scores seen here are the average of all benchmarks submitted for each respective test and hardware.

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics Score

Radeon RX 470		11756 points
Radeon R7 360		4110 points
	Difference: 7646 (186%)

Zcash Mining Hash Rate

Radeon RX 470		289 Sol/s
Radeon R7 360		98 Sol/s
	Difference: 191 (195%)

Ethereum Mining Hash Rate

Radeon RX 470		26 Mh/s
Radeon R7 360		10 Mh/s
	Difference: 16 (160%)

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon R7 360		100 Watts
Radeon RX 470		120 Watts
	Difference: 20 Watts (20%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the Radeon RX 470 should be quite a bit faster than the Radeon R7 360 overall. (explain)

Radeon RX 470		211200 MB/sec
Radeon R7 360		104000 MB/sec
	Difference: 107200 (103%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 470 should be much (approximately 135%) faster with regards to AF than the Radeon R7 360. (explain)

Radeon RX 470		118528 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R7 360		50400 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 68128 (135%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon RX 470 is much (approximately 76%) more effective at AA than the Radeon R7 360, and able to handle higher screen resolutions more effectively. (explain)

Radeon RX 470		29632 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R7 360		16800 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 12832 (76%)

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 largest amount of information (counted in MB per second) that can be moved past 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 memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 once 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, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that are applied in one second. This figure is worked out by multiplying the total number of texture units by the core clock 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 the video card can possibly record to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the amount of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the card's clock speed. 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 lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.