GeForce GT 210 vs Radeon R9 380X

Intro

Compare all that to the Radeon R9 380X, which uses a 28 nm design. AMD has set the core speed at 970 MHz. The GDDR5 RAM is set to run at a frequency of 1425 MHz on this particular model. It features 2048 SPUs as well as 128 Texture Address Units 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 380X		190 Watts
	Difference: 159 Watts (513%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the Radeon R9 380X should be quite a bit faster than the GeForce GT 210 overall. (explain)

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

Texel Rate

The Radeon R9 380X is quite a bit (approximately 2535%) more effective at texture filtering than the GeForce GT 210. (explain)

Radeon R9 380X		124160 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GT 210		4712 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 119448 (2535%)

Pixel Rate

If using a high resolution is important to you, then the Radeon R9 380X is the winner, by far. (explain)

Radeon R9 380X		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 (in units of megabytes per second) that can be transported across the external memory interface within a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the bus width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR type RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the memory bandwidth, the better 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 can be processed in one second. This number is worked out by multiplying the total amount of texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the graphics card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics card can possibly record to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the number of Render Output Units 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 output rate also depends on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the max fill rate.