GeForce GT 210 vs Radeon R9 380 4G

Intro

Compare all that to the Radeon R9 380 4G, which features a clock speed of 970 MHz and a GDDR5 memory frequency of 1425 MHz. It also features a 256-bit memory bus, and makes use of a 28 nm design. It is comprised of 1792 SPUs, 112 TAUs, and 32 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GT 210		31 Watts
Radeon R9 380 4G		190 Watts
	Difference: 159 Watts (513%)

Memory Bandwidth

The Radeon R9 380 4G should in theory perform quite a bit faster than the GeForce GT 210 in general. (explain)

Radeon R9 380 4G		182400 MB/sec
GeForce GT 210		12800 MB/sec
	Difference: 169600 (1325%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon R9 380 4G is much (more or less 2206%) more effective at AF than the GeForce GT 210. (explain)

Radeon R9 380 4G		108640 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GT 210		4712 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 103928 (2206%)

Pixel Rate

If running with a high resolution is important to you, then the Radeon R9 380 4G is a better choice, and very much so. (explain)

Radeon R9 380 4G		31040 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GT 210		2356 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 28684 (1217%)

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 maximum amount of information (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface within a second. The number is calculated by multiplying the bus width by its memory clock speed. In the case of DDR type memory, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that are 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 the texel rate, the better the graphics card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the graphics card can possibly record to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number 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 drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel fill rate also depends on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the max fill rate.