GeForce GT 210 vs Radeon R7 250X

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon R7 250X, which uses a 28 nm design. AMD has clocked the core speed at 1000 MHz. The GDDR5 memory is set to run at a frequency of 1125 MHz on this particular model. It features 640 SPUs along with 40 TAUs and 16 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GT 210		31 Watts
Radeon R7 250X		95 Watts
	Difference: 64 Watts (206%)

Memory Bandwidth

As far as performance goes, the Radeon R7 250X should in theory be quite a bit better than the GeForce GT 210 overall. (explain)

Radeon R7 250X		72000 MB/sec
GeForce GT 210		12800 MB/sec
	Difference: 59200 (463%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon R7 250X should be a lot (approximately 749%) faster with regards to anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GT 210. (explain)

Radeon R7 250X		40000 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GT 210		4712 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 35288 (749%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon R7 250X will be much (more or less 579%) faster with regards to anti-aliasing than the GeForce GT 210, and also should be able to handle higher resolutions more effectively. (explain)

Radeon R7 250X		16000 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GT 210		2356 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 13644 (579%)

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 (measured in MB per second) that can be moved over the external memory interface in a second. It's worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that can be processed per second. This number is calculated by multiplying the total number of texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The better 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 video card can possibly record to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the amount of colour ROPs by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.