Radeon R7 370 2G vs Radeon R9 M295X

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon R9 M295X, which features clock speeds of 750 MHz on the GPU, and 1375 MHz on the 4096 MB of GDDR5 memory. It features 2048 SPUs along with 128 TAUs and 32 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon R7 370 2G		110 Watts
Radeon R9 M295X		125 Watts
	Difference: 15 Watts (14%)

Memory Bandwidth

The Radeon R7 370 2G should in theory be a little bit faster than the Radeon R9 M295X in general. (explain)

Radeon R7 370 2G		179200 MB/sec
Radeon R9 M295X		176000 MB/sec
	Difference: 3200 (2%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon R9 M295X should be much (more or less 54%) more effective at anisotropic filtering than the Radeon R7 370 2G. (explain)

Radeon R9 M295X		96000 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R7 370 2G		62400 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 33600 (54%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon R7 370 2G should be a lot (approximately 30%) more effective at full screen anti-aliasing than the Radeon R9 M295X, and also should be able to handle higher resolutions while still performing well. (explain)

Radeon R7 370 2G		31200 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R9 M295X		24000 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 7200 (30%)

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 maximum amount of data (measured in MB per second) that can be transported over the external memory interface in a second. It is calculated by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory clock speed. If the card has DDR type memory, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the memory bandwidth, the faster 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 amount of texture map elements (texels) that can be processed per second. This is calculated by multiplying the total amount of texture units by the core speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the video card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the video card could possibly write to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel output rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.