GeForce GT 210 vs Radeon R7 260X

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon R7 260X, which comes with GPU core speed of 1100 MHz, and 2048 MB of GDDR5 memory set to run at 1625 MHz through a 128-bit bus. It also features 896 SPUs, 56 TAUs, and 16 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GT 210		31 Watts
Radeon R7 260X		115 Watts
	Difference: 84 Watts (271%)

Memory Bandwidth

The Radeon R7 260X, in theory, should perform quite a bit faster than the GeForce GT 210 overall. (explain)

Radeon R7 260X		104000 MB/sec
GeForce GT 210		12800 MB/sec
	Difference: 91200 (713%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon R7 260X should be quite a bit (more or less 1207%) better at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GT 210. (explain)

Radeon R7 260X		61600 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GT 210		4712 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 56888 (1207%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon R7 260X will be quite a bit (approximately 647%) faster with regards to full screen anti-aliasing than the GeForce GT 210, and also capable of handling higher screen resolutions without slowing down too much. (explain)

Radeon R7 260X		17600 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GT 210		2356 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 15244 (647%)

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 largest amount of data (counted in MB per second) that can be transferred over the external memory interface in one second. The number is worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR type RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that can be processed in one second. This number is worked out 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 handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the graphics card could possibly write to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the number of Render Output Units by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel rate also depends on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the maximum fill rate.