Radeon R5 M330 vs Radeon R7 M360

Intro

Compare all of that to the Radeon R7 M360, which comes with core clock speeds of 1125 MHz on the GPU, and 1000 MHz on the 2048 MB of DDR3 RAM. It features 384 SPUs as well as 24 TAUs and 8 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the Radeon R7 M360 should be 11% quicker than the Radeon R5 M330 overall, due to its greater bandwidth. (explain)

Radeon R7 M360		16000 MB/sec
Radeon R5 M330		14400 MB/sec
	Difference: 1600 (11%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon R7 M360 is much (about 31%) better at anisotropic filtering than the Radeon R5 M330. (explain)

Radeon R7 M360		27000 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R5 M330		20600 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 6400 (31%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon R7 M360 should be a bit (approximately 9%) more effective at full screen anti-aliasing than the Radeon R5 M330, and should be capable of handling higher screen resolutions more effectively. (explain)

Radeon R7 M360		9000 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R5 M330		8240 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 760 (9%)

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 information (measured in MB per second) that can be moved past the external memory interface in one second. The number is calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory speed. If it uses DDR RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that are processed in one second. This number is worked out by multiplying the total texture units by the core speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the video card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics chip can possibly record to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the number of ROPs by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel output rate is also dependant on many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the max fill rate.