GeForce GT 210 vs Radeon R9 280

Intro

Compare all that to the Radeon R9 280, which makes use of a 28 nm design. AMD has set the core speed at 933 MHz. The GDDR5 RAM works at a frequency of 1250 MHz on this specific model. It features 1792 SPUs as well as 112 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 280		250 Watts
	Difference: 219 Watts (706%)

Memory Bandwidth

The Radeon R9 280 should in theory perform a lot faster than the GeForce GT 210 overall. (explain)

Radeon R9 280		240000 MB/sec
GeForce GT 210		12800 MB/sec
	Difference: 227200 (1775%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon R9 280 will be quite a bit (about 2118%) more effective at AF than the GeForce GT 210. (explain)

Radeon R9 280		104496 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GT 210		4712 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 99784 (2118%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon R9 280 is quite a bit (approximately 1167%) more effective at full screen anti-aliasing than the GeForce GT 210, and will be capable of handling higher resolutions without slowing down too much. (explain)

Radeon R9 280		29856 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GT 210		2356 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 27500 (1167%)

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 megabytes per second) that can be moved past the external memory interface within a second. It is calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory clock speed. If the card has DDR type memory, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the card's memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount 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 higher this number, the better the graphics 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 video card could possibly write to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the number of Render Output Units by the the core 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 fill rate is also dependant on many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the max fill rate.