GeForce GT 640 DDR3 vs Radeon HD 5570

Intro

Compare all that to the Radeon HD 5570, which comes with core clock speeds of 650 MHz on the GPU, and 900 MHz on the 512 MB of DDR3 RAM. It features 400(80x5) SPUs as well as 20 Texture Address Units and 8 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

Radeon HD 5570		43 Watts
GeForce GT 640 DDR3		65 Watts
	Difference: 22 Watts (51%)

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the GeForce GT 640 DDR3 should theoretically be a lot superior to the Radeon HD 5570 in general. (explain)

GeForce GT 640 DDR3		57024 MB/sec
Radeon HD 5570		28800 MB/sec
	Difference: 28224 (98%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GT 640 DDR3 is a lot (about 122%) better at texture filtering than the Radeon HD 5570. (explain)

GeForce GT 640 DDR3		28800 Mtexels/sec
Radeon HD 5570		13000 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 15800 (122%)

Pixel Rate

If using a high resolution is important to you, then the GeForce GT 640 DDR3 is a better choice, by far. (explain)

GeForce GT 640 DDR3		14400 Mpixels/sec
Radeon HD 5570		5200 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 9200 (177%)

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: Memory bandwidth is the maximum amount of data (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transferred across the external memory interface in a second. It is calculated by multiplying the interface width by its memory clock speed. If the card has DDR type RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the card's memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that can be processed per second. This number is worked out by multiplying the total texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the video 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 maximum amount of pixels the video card can possibly record to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the number of Render Output Units by the the core 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 rate also depends on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the max fill rate.