GeForce GT 210 vs Radeon RX 460 2GB

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon RX 460 2GB, which uses a 14 nm design. AMD has clocked the core frequency at 1090 MHz. The GDDR5 RAM is set to run at a speed of 1750 MHz on this specific model. It features 896 SPUs along with 56 Texture Address Units and 16 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GT 210		31 Watts
Radeon RX 460 2GB		75 Watts
	Difference: 44 Watts (142%)

Memory Bandwidth

The Radeon RX 460 2GB, in theory, should perform much faster than the GeForce GT 210 in general. (explain)

Radeon RX 460 2GB		112000 MB/sec
GeForce GT 210		12800 MB/sec
	Difference: 99200 (775%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 460 2GB will be much (about 1195%) better at AF than the GeForce GT 210. (explain)

Radeon RX 460 2GB		61040 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GT 210		4712 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 56328 (1195%)

Pixel Rate

If running with lots of anti-aliasing is important to you, then the Radeon RX 460 2GB is a better choice, and very much so. (explain)

Radeon RX 460 2GB		17440 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GT 210		2356 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 15084 (640%)

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 (counted in megabytes per second) that can be moved across the external memory interface in a second. It's calculated by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory clock speed. In the case of DDR type RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the memory bandwidth, the faster 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 texture map elements (texels) that can be processed in one second. This number is worked out by multiplying the total number of texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the video 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 amount of pixels the video card could possibly write to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the number of ROPs by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.