GeForce GT 210 vs Radeon HD 6670 (OEM)

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon HD 6670 (OEM), which features a core clock speed of 800 MHz and a GDDR5 memory speed of 1000 MHz. It also features a 128-bit memory bus, and uses a 40 nm design. It is made up of 480 SPUs, 24 Texture Address Units, and 8 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GT 210		31 Watts
Radeon HD 6670 (OEM)		63 Watts
	Difference: 32 Watts (103%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the Radeon HD 6670 (OEM) should be 400% faster than the GeForce GT 210 in general, because of its higher bandwidth. (explain)

Radeon HD 6670 (OEM)		64000 MB/sec
GeForce GT 210		12800 MB/sec
	Difference: 51200 (400%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon HD 6670 (OEM) should be much (more or less 307%) better at texture filtering than the GeForce GT 210. (explain)

Radeon HD 6670 (OEM)		19200 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GT 210		4712 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 14488 (307%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon HD 6670 (OEM) is quite a bit (about 172%) better at FSAA than the GeForce GT 210, and should be able to handle higher screen resolutions without slowing down too much. (explain)

Radeon HD 6670 (OEM)		6400 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GT 210		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

Specifications

Memory Bandwidth: Bandwidth is the maximum amount of data (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transported across the external memory interface within a second. It is worked out by multiplying the interface width by the speed of its memory. If it uses DDR RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics chip can possibly record to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the number of ROPs by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel output rate also depends on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the max fill rate.