GeForce GTX 460 vs Radeon R9 M370X

Intro

Compare all of that to the Radeon R9 M370X, which features GPU core speed of 800 MHz, and 2048 MB of GDDR5 memory set to run at 1125 MHz through a 128-bit bus. It also is comprised of 640 Stream Processors, 40 TAUs, and 16 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the GeForce GTX 460 should theoretically be a bit better than the Radeon R9 M370X overall. (explain)

GeForce GTX 460		86400 MB/sec
Radeon R9 M370X		72000 MB/sec
	Difference: 14400 (20%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 460 will be a bit (approximately 18%) more effective at anisotropic filtering than the Radeon R9 M370X. (explain)

GeForce GTX 460		37800 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R9 M370X		32000 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 5800 (18%)

Pixel Rate

If using high levels of AA is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 460 is superior to the Radeon R9 M370X, and very much so. (explain)

GeForce GTX 460		16200 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R9 M370X		12800 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 3400 (27%)

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 (in units of MB per second) that can be transported past the external memory interface in a second. It's calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory clock speed. If it uses DDR type memory, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that can be processed in one second. This figure is calculated 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 card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels the video card can possibly record to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the number of colour ROPs by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel fill rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.