GeForce GT 210 vs Radeon R7 250X 2GB

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon R7 250X 2GB, which uses a 28 nm design. AMD has set the core frequency at 1000 MHz. The GDDR5 memory works at a speed of 1125 MHz on this specific card. It features 640 SPUs as well as 40 TAUs and 16 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GT 210		31 Watts
Radeon R7 250X 2GB		95 Watts
	Difference: 64 Watts (206%)

Memory Bandwidth

The Radeon R7 250X 2GB, in theory, should be a lot faster than the GeForce GT 210 overall. (explain)

Radeon R7 250X 2GB		72000 MB/sec
GeForce GT 210		12800 MB/sec
	Difference: 59200 (463%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon R7 250X 2GB is much (more or less 749%) better at texture filtering than the GeForce GT 210. (explain)

Radeon R7 250X 2GB		40000 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GT 210		4712 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 35288 (749%)

Pixel Rate

If running with high levels of AA is important to you, then the Radeon R7 250X 2GB is a better choice, by a large margin. (explain)

Radeon R7 250X 2GB		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: Bandwidth is the max amount of data (measured in MB per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface in one second. The number is calculated by multiplying the interface width by its memory clock speed. If the card has DDR type RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the card's memory bandwidth, 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 number of texture map elements (texels) that can be processed in one second. This number is worked out by multiplying the total texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels 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. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the number of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel output rate is also dependant on many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the maximum fill rate.