GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB vs Radeon R7 360

Intro

Compare that to the Radeon R7 360, which comes with GPU clock speed of 1050 MHz, and 2048 MB of GDDR5 memory running at 1625 MHz through a 128-bit bus. It also is comprised of 768 Stream Processors, 48 TAUs, and 16 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon R7 360		100 Watts
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB		350 Watts
	Difference: 250 Watts (250%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically, the GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB should be much faster than the Radeon R7 360 overall. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB		934298 MB/sec
Radeon R7 360		104000 MB/sec
	Difference: 830298 (798%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB will be a lot (about 600%) better at anisotropic filtering than the Radeon R7 360. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB		352800 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R7 360		50400 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 302400 (600%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB is quite a bit (approximately 740%) better at FSAA than the Radeon R7 360, and capable of handling higher screen resolutions while still performing well. (explain)

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB		141120 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R7 360		16800 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 124320 (740%)

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 data (measured in MB per second) that can be moved over the external memory interface in a second. It is worked out by multiplying the bus width by the speed of its memory. In the case of DDR memory, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. 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 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 video card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics card can possibly record to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the number of Raster Operations Pipelines by the clock speed of the card. 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 many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the maximum fill rate.