GeForce GT 310 vs Radeon RX 550

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon RX 550, which has a clock frequency of 1100 MHz and a GDDR5 memory frequency of 1750 MHz. It also features a 128-bit memory bus, and uses a 14 nm design. It features 512 SPUs, 32 TAUs, and 16 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GT 310		31 Watts
Radeon RX 550		50 Watts
	Difference: 19 Watts (61%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the Radeon RX 550 will be 617% faster than the GeForce GT 310 overall, due to its greater bandwidth. (explain)

Radeon RX 550		114688 MB/sec
GeForce GT 310		16000 MB/sec
	Difference: 98688 (617%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon RX 550 should be a lot (about 647%) better at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GT 310. (explain)

Radeon RX 550		35200 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GT 310		4712 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 30488 (647%)

Pixel Rate

If running with a high screen resolution is important to you, then the Radeon RX 550 is the winner, by far. (explain)

Radeon RX 550		17600 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GT 310		2356 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 15244 (647%)

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 information (counted in megabytes per second) that can be moved across the external memory interface within a second. The number is calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by the speed of its memory. In the case of DDR type memory, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the bandwidth is, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics card could possibly write to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel output rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.