GeForce GTX 960M vs Radeon R9 M370X

Intro

Compare that to the Radeon R9 M370X, which uses a 28 nm design. AMD has clocked the core speed at 800 MHz. The GDDR5 memory runs at a frequency of 1125 MHz on this particular model. It features 640 SPUs as well as 40 TAUs and 16 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Memory Bandwidth

As far as performance goes, the Radeon R9 M370X should theoretically be a small bit superior to the GeForce GTX 960M overall. (explain)

Radeon R9 M370X		72000 MB/sec
GeForce GTX 960M		64000 MB/sec
	Difference: 8000 (13%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 960M should be quite a bit (approximately 37%) better at texture filtering than the Radeon R9 M370X. (explain)

GeForce GTX 960M		43840 Mtexels/sec
Radeon R9 M370X		32000 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 11840 (37%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 960M should be much (about 37%) more effective at full screen anti-aliasing than the Radeon R9 M370X, and also capable of handling higher screen resolutions without losing too much performance. (explain)

GeForce GTX 960M		17536 Mpixels/sec
Radeon R9 M370X		12800 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 4736 (37%)

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 max amount of data (counted in MB per second) that can be transported across the external memory interface in one second. It is calculated by multiplying the bus width by its memory speed. If it uses DDR memory, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the graphics card can possibly write to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the number of colour ROPs by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel fill rate also depends on many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the max fill rate.