GeForce GT 310 vs Radeon RX 470 4GB

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon RX 470 4GB, which has a clock speed of 926 MHz and a GDDR5 memory speed of 1650 MHz. It also features a 256-bit bus, and makes use of a 14 nm design. It features 2048 SPUs, 128 Texture Address Units, and 32 ROPs.

Display Graphs

Hide Graphs

Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GT 310		31 Watts
Radeon RX 470 4GB		120 Watts
	Difference: 89 Watts (287%)

Memory Bandwidth

The Radeon RX 470 4GB should theoretically perform much faster than the GeForce GT 310 in general. (explain)

Radeon RX 470 4GB		211200 MB/sec
GeForce GT 310		16000 MB/sec
	Difference: 195200 (1220%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 470 4GB will be quite a bit (about 2415%) faster with regards to texture filtering than the GeForce GT 310. (explain)

Radeon RX 470 4GB		118528 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GT 310		4712 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 113816 (2415%)

Pixel Rate

If running with high levels of AA is important to you, then the Radeon RX 470 4GB is the winner, and very much so. (explain)

Radeon RX 470 4GB		29632 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GT 310		2356 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 27276 (1158%)

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: Memory bandwidth is the maximum amount of data (measured in MB per second) that can be transferred across the external memory interface in a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the interface width by the speed of its memory. If the card has DDR memory, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the bandwidth is, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that can be processed in one second. This number is worked out by multiplying the total texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics chip can possibly record to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the amount of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called 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, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the max fill rate.