GeForce GT 210 vs Radeon R9 270X

Intro

Compare that to the Radeon R9 270X, which comes with GPU core speed of 1000 MHz, and 2048 MB of GDDR5 RAM set to run at 1400 MHz through a 256-bit bus. It also features 1280 Stream Processors, 80 TAUs, and 32 Raster Operation 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 theoretically be much faster than the GeForce GT 210 in general. (explain)

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

Texel Rate

The Radeon R9 270X is quite a bit (about 1598%) better at AF 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 should be much (about 1258%) more effective at full screen anti-aliasing than the GeForce GT 210, and should be capable of handling higher 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 (in units of megabytes per second) that can be transported past the external memory interface in a second. It is calculated by multiplying the interface width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR type memory, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that are processed in one second. This is calculated by multiplying the total amount of texture units of the card by the core clock 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 per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics chip can possibly record to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the amount of colour ROPs by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel fill rate also depends on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the max fill rate.