Compare any two graphics cards:
GeForce GT 230 vs Radeon HD 6570 (OEM) 2GB
IntroThe GeForce GT 230 comes with a core clock frequency of 550 MHz and a DDR3 memory speed of 800 MHz. It also features a 192-bit memory bus, and uses a 40 nm design. It is made up of 32 SPUs, 16 Texture Address Units, and 8 ROPs.Compare those specs to the Radeon HD 6570 (OEM) 2GB, which has GPU core speed of 650 MHz, and 1024 MB of GDDR5 RAM running at 1000 MHz through a 128-bit bus. It also is made up of 480 SPUs, 24 Texture Address Units, and 8 ROPs.
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Power Usage and Theoretical BenchmarksPower Consumption (Max TDP)
Memory BandwidthPerformance-wise, the Radeon HD 6570 (OEM) 2GB should theoretically be quite a bit better than the GeForce GT 230 overall. (explain)
Texel RateThe Radeon HD 6570 (OEM) 2GB is quite a bit (approximately 77%) better at AF than the GeForce GT 230. (explain)
Pixel RateThe Radeon HD 6570 (OEM) 2GB is a small bit (about 18%) better at full screen anti-aliasing than the GeForce GT 230, and also will be able to handle higher screen resolutions better. (explain)
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
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Please note that the price comparisons are based on search keywords - sometimes it might show cards with very similar names that are not exactly the same as the one chosen in the comparison. We do try to filter out the wrong results as best we can, though. Specifications
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Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the max amount of data (in units of megabytes per second) that can be transported across the external memory interface in one second. The number is calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR memory, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the card's memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and high resolutions. Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that are processed in one second. This number is worked out by multiplying the total amount of texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied in a second. Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the graphics card can possibly write to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the number of colour ROPs by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel fill rate also depends on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the max fill rate.
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Please note that the price comparisons are based on search keywords - sometimes it might show cards with very similar names that are not exactly the same as the one chosen in the comparison. We do try to filter out the wrong results as best we can, though.
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