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GeForce GT 240 GDDR5 1GB vs Radeon HD 4830 1GB

Intro

The GeForce GT 240 GDDR5 1GB comes with a core clock frequency of 550 MHz and a GDDR5 memory frequency of 850 MHz. It also features a 128-bit memory bus, and uses a 40 nm design. It is comprised of 96 SPUs, 32 TAUs, and 8 ROPs.

Compare all that to the Radeon HD 4830 1GB, which has a core clock frequency of 575 MHz and a GDDR4 memory speed of 900 MHz. It also makes use of a 256-bit bus, and makes use of a 55 nm design. It features 640(128x5) SPUs, 32 Texture Address Units, and 16 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GT 240 GDDR5 1GB 70 Watts
Radeon HD 4830 1GB 95 Watts
Difference: 25 Watts (36%)

Memory Bandwidth

As far as performance goes, the Radeon HD 4830 1GB should in theory be a bit better than the GeForce GT 240 GDDR5 1GB in general. (explain)

Radeon HD 4830 1GB 57600 MB/sec
GeForce GT 240 GDDR5 1GB 54400 MB/sec
Difference: 3200 (6%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon HD 4830 1GB should be just a bit (about 5%) better at AF than the GeForce GT 240 GDDR5 1GB. (explain)

Radeon HD 4830 1GB 18400 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GT 240 GDDR5 1GB 17600 Mtexels/sec
Difference: 800 (5%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon HD 4830 1GB will be much (more or less 109%) faster with regards to AA than the GeForce GT 240 GDDR5 1GB, and also will be capable of handling higher resolutions more effectively. (explain)

Radeon HD 4830 1GB 9200 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GT 240 GDDR5 1GB 4400 Mpixels/sec
Difference: 4800 (109%)

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.

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Specifications

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Model GeForce GT 240 GDDR5 1GB Radeon HD 4830 1GB
Manufacturer nVidia AMD
Year November 2009 Oct 21, 2008
Code Name GT215 RV770 LE
Memory 1024 MB 1024 MB
Core Speed 550 MHz 575 MHz
Memory Speed 3400 MHz 1800 MHz
Power (Max TDP) 70 watts 95 watts
Bandwidth 54400 MB/sec 57600 MB/sec
Texel Rate 17600 Mtexels/sec 18400 Mtexels/sec
Pixel Rate 4400 Mpixels/sec 9200 Mpixels/sec
Unified Shaders 96 640(128x5)
Texture Mapping Units 32 32
Render Output Units 8 16
Bus Type GDDR5 GDDR4
Bus Width 128-bit 256-bit
Fab Process 40 nm 55 nm
Transistors 289 million 956 million
Bus PCIe x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
DirectX Version DirectX 10.1 DirectX 10.1
OpenGL Version OpenGL 3.2 OpenGL 3.0

Memory Bandwidth: Bandwidth is the max amount of data (measured in megabytes per second) that can be transported across the external memory interface within a second. It's calculated by multiplying the interface width by the speed of its memory. If it uses DDR type RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the bandwidth is, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that are applied per second. This figure is calculated by multiplying the total texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the video card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics card could possibly write to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the number of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel rate also depends on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the max fill rate.

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