GeForce GT 210 vs Radeon RX 470 4GB

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon RX 470 4GB, which features a core clock frequency of 926 MHz and a GDDR5 memory speed of 1650 MHz. It also makes use of a 256-bit bus, and makes use of a 14 nm design. It is comprised of 2048 SPUs, 128 TAUs, and 32 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GT 210		31 Watts
Radeon RX 470 4GB		120 Watts
	Difference: 89 Watts (287%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically, the Radeon RX 470 4GB should be quite a bit faster than the GeForce GT 210 overall. (explain)

Radeon RX 470 4GB		211200 MB/sec
GeForce GT 210		12800 MB/sec
	Difference: 198400 (1550%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 470 4GB should be much (approximately 2415%) faster with regards to texture filtering than the GeForce GT 210. (explain)

Radeon RX 470 4GB		118528 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GT 210		4712 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 113816 (2415%)

Pixel Rate

If running with lots of anti-aliasing is important to you, then the Radeon RX 470 4GB is superior to the GeForce GT 210, and very much so. (explain)

Radeon RX 470 4GB		29632 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GT 210		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 information (in units of megabytes per second) that can be transferred over the external memory interface in a second. The number is calculated by multiplying the bus width by its memory speed. If it uses DDR type memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and high resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the video card could possibly record to the local memory in one 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 sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel fill rate also depends on many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the max fill rate.