GeForce GTX 960M vs Radeon R9 M365X

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon R9 M365X, which comes with a clock frequency of 925 MHz and a GDDR5 memory frequency of 1125 MHz. It also features a 128-bit memory bus, and uses a 28 nm design. It is comprised of 640 SPUs, 40 TAUs, and 16 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Memory Bandwidth

The Radeon R9 M365X, in theory, should perform a little bit faster than the GeForce GTX 960M in general. (explain)

Radeon R9 M365X		72000 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 960M		64000 MB/sec
	Difference: 8000 (13%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 960M is a small bit (more or less 18%) more effective at AF than the Radeon R9 M365X. (explain)

GeForce GTX 960M		43840 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R9 M365X		37000 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 6840 (18%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 960M should be a bit (more or less 18%) better at anti-aliasing than the Radeon R9 M365X, and will be capable of handling higher screen resolutions while still performing well. (explain)

GeForce GTX 960M		17536 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R9 M365X		14800 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 2736 (18%)

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 within a second. It is worked out by multiplying the interface width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the card's 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 amount of texture map elements (texels) that are processed per second. This figure is calculated by multiplying the total number of texture units by the core speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the video card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics chip could possibly record to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the amount of colour ROPs by the the core 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 rate also depends on many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the max fill rate.