GeForce GT 210 vs Radeon RX 460

Intro

Compare that to the Radeon RX 460, which has GPU core speed of 1090 MHz, and 4096 MB of GDDR5 memory set to run at 1750 MHz through a 128-bit bus. It also is comprised of 896 Stream Processors, 56 TAUs, and 16 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

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

Memory Bandwidth

The Radeon RX 460, in theory, should be much faster than the GeForce GT 210 overall. (explain)

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

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 460 will be quite a bit (about 1195%) more effective at AF than the GeForce GT 210. (explain)

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

Pixel Rate

The Radeon RX 460 should be quite a bit (approximately 640%) more effective at FSAA than the GeForce GT 210, and also should be capable of handling higher screen resolutions without slowing down too much. (explain)

Radeon RX 460		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: Memory bandwidth is the maximum amount of data (measured in MB per second) that can be moved past the external memory interface in a second. The number is calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR memory, it should be multiplied by 2 once 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 high resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics card could possibly write to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the amount of colour ROPs by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka 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 of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.