GeForce 810M vs Radeon R5 M230

Intro

Compare that to the Radeon R5 M230, which features GPU core speed of 780 MHz, and 2048 MB of DDR3 memory set to run at 1000 MHz through a 64-bit bus. It also is comprised of 320 SPUs, 20 TAUs, and 4 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the Radeon R5 M230 should perform a little bit faster than the GeForce 810M in general. (explain)

Radeon R5 M230		16000 MB/sec
GeForce 810M		14400 MB/sec
	Difference: 1600 (11%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon R5 M230 is quite a bit (approximately 164%) more effective at AF than the GeForce 810M. (explain)

Radeon R5 M230		15600 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 810M		5904 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 9696 (164%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon R5 M230 will be just a bit (about 6%) faster with regards to FSAA than the GeForce 810M, and also should be able to handle higher resolutions while still performing well. (explain)

Radeon R5 M230		3120 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 810M		2952 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 168 (6%)

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 transported past the external memory interface within a second. It is calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory speed. If it uses DDR type RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the bandwidth is, 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 amount of texture map elements (texels) that are applied per second. This figure is calculated by multiplying the total 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 processed per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels that the graphics card could possibly write to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel output rate also depends on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the maximum fill rate.