GeForce GT 220 GDDR3 vs Radeon HD 7770

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon HD 7770, which uses a 28 nm design. AMD has clocked the core frequency at 1000 MHz. The GDDR5 RAM runs at a speed of 1125 MHz on this particular model. It features 640 SPUs as well as 40 Texture Address Units and 16 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GT 220 GDDR3		58 Watts
Radeon HD 7770		80 Watts
	Difference: 22 Watts (38%)

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the Radeon HD 7770 should in theory be quite a bit better than the GeForce GT 220 GDDR3 in general. (explain)

Radeon HD 7770		72000 MB/sec
GeForce GT 220 GDDR3		32384 MB/sec
	Difference: 39616 (122%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon HD 7770 will be much (approximately 300%) better at AF than the GeForce GT 220 GDDR3. (explain)

Radeon HD 7770		40000 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GT 220 GDDR3		10000 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 30000 (300%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon HD 7770 should be a lot (approximately 220%) better at anti-aliasing than the GeForce GT 220 GDDR3, and should be able to handle higher screen resolutions more effectively. (explain)

Radeon HD 7770		16000 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GT 220 GDDR3		5000 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 11000 (220%)

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 (in units of MB per second) that can be transferred across the external memory interface within a second. The number is calculated by multiplying the bus width by the speed of its memory. In the case of DDR memory, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the card's memory bandwidth, 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 number of texture map elements (texels) that are applied per second. This figure is worked out by multiplying the total texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the graphics 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 amount of pixels the video card could possibly write to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the number of Render Output Units by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel fill rate also depends on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.