Compare any two graphics cards:
VS

GeForce GT 310 vs Radeon HD 6670 (OEM)

Intro

The GeForce GT 310 uses a 40 nm design. nVidia has clocked the core speed at 589 MHz. The DDR2 memory is set to run at a frequency of 1000 MHz on this model. It features 16 SPUs as well as 8 Texture Address Units and 4 ROPs.

Compare all that to the Radeon HD 6670 (OEM), which uses a 40 nm design. AMD has set the core frequency at 800 MHz. The GDDR5 RAM works at a speed of 1000 MHz on this particular model. It features 480 SPUs as well as 24 TAUs and 8 ROPs.

Display Graphs

Hide Graphs

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GT 310 31 Watts
Radeon HD 6670 (OEM) 63 Watts
Difference: 32 Watts (103%)

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the Radeon HD 6670 (OEM) should theoretically be quite a bit better than the GeForce GT 310 in general. (explain)

Radeon HD 6670 (OEM) 64000 MB/sec
GeForce GT 310 16000 MB/sec
Difference: 48000 (300%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon HD 6670 (OEM) will be a lot (about 307%) better at texture filtering than the GeForce GT 310. (explain)

Radeon HD 6670 (OEM) 19200 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GT 310 4712 Mtexels/sec
Difference: 14488 (307%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon HD 6670 (OEM) should be quite a bit (about 172%) faster with regards to FSAA than the GeForce GT 310, and should be able to handle higher screen resolutions better. (explain)

Radeon HD 6670 (OEM) 6400 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GT 310 2356 Mpixels/sec
Difference: 4044 (172%)

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

Display Prices

Hide Prices

GeForce GT 310

Amazon.com

Check prices at:

Radeon HD 6670 (OEM)

Amazon.com

Check prices at:

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

Display Specifications

Hide Specifications

Model GeForce GT 310 Radeon HD 6670 (OEM)
Manufacturer nVidia AMD
Year November 2009 February 2011
Code Name GT218 Turks
Memory 512 MB 512 MB
Core Speed 589 MHz 800 MHz
Memory Speed 2000 MHz 4000 MHz
Power (Max TDP) 31 watts 63 watts
Bandwidth 16000 MB/sec 64000 MB/sec
Texel Rate 4712 Mtexels/sec 19200 Mtexels/sec
Pixel Rate 2356 Mpixels/sec 6400 Mpixels/sec
Unified Shaders 16 480
Texture Mapping Units 8 24
Render Output Units 4 8
Bus Type DDR2 GDDR5
Bus Width 64-bit 128-bit
Fab Process 40 nm 40 nm
Transistors 260 million 715 million
Bus PCIe 2.0 PCIe 2.1 x16
DirectX Version DirectX 10.1 DirectX 11
OpenGL Version OpenGL 3.1 OpenGL 4.1

Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the max amount of information (measured in megabytes per second) that can be transferred over the external memory interface in one second. It is calculated by multiplying the bus width by the speed of its memory. If the card has DDR RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the bandwidth is, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that are applied per second. This 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 texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels in one second.

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

Display Prices

Hide Prices

GeForce GT 310

Amazon.com

Check prices at:

Radeon HD 6670 (OEM)

Amazon.com

Check prices at:

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.

Comments

Be the first to leave a comment!

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *


*

WordPress Anti Spam by WP-SpamShield