GeForce GT 210 vs Radeon R9 270X

Intro

Compare all that to the Radeon R9 270X, which features core clock speeds of 1000 MHz on the GPU, and 1400 MHz on the 2048 MB of GDDR5 memory. It features 1280 SPUs along with 80 TAUs and 32 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GT 210		31 Watts
Radeon R9 270X		180 Watts
	Difference: 149 Watts (481%)

Memory Bandwidth

The Radeon R9 270X should in theory be much faster than the GeForce GT 210 overall. (explain)

Radeon R9 270X		179200 MB/sec
GeForce GT 210		12800 MB/sec
	Difference: 166400 (1300%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon R9 270X will be a lot (more or less 1598%) better at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GT 210. (explain)

Radeon R9 270X		80000 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GT 210		4712 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 75288 (1598%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon R9 270X is a lot (more or less 1258%) faster with regards to anti-aliasing than the GeForce GT 210, and will be able to handle higher screen resolutions without slowing down too much. (explain)

Radeon R9 270X		32000 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GT 210		2356 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 29644 (1258%)

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 information (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transported across the external memory interface in one second. The number is worked out by multiplying the bus width by the speed of its memory. In the case of DDR type RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the bandwidth is, the faster 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 amount of texture map elements (texels) that are applied in one second. This figure is worked out by multiplying the total amount of texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics card can possibly record to its local memory in one 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 - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the max fill rate.