GeForce GT 210 vs Radeon HD 6770 1GB

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon HD 6770 1GB, which makes use of a 40 nm design. AMD has clocked the core frequency at 900 MHz. The GDDR5 memory is set to run at a speed of 1050 MHz on this specific card. It features 800 SPUs as well as 40 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 HD 6770 1GB		108 Watts
	Difference: 77 Watts (248%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the Radeon HD 6770 1GB should perform a lot faster than the GeForce GT 210 overall. (explain)

Radeon HD 6770 1GB		67200 MB/sec
GeForce GT 210		12800 MB/sec
	Difference: 54400 (425%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon HD 6770 1GB is quite a bit (about 664%) faster with regards to AF than the GeForce GT 210. (explain)

Radeon HD 6770 1GB		36000 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GT 210		4712 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 31288 (664%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon HD 6770 1GB will be a lot (approximately 511%) faster with regards to FSAA than the GeForce GT 210, and also should be able to handle higher screen resolutions without slowing down too much. (explain)

Radeon HD 6770 1GB		14400 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GT 210		2356 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 12044 (511%)

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 MB per second) that can be moved across the external memory interface in a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the interface width by its memory clock speed. If it uses DDR type RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, 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 by the core clock speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels that the graphics chip can possibly write to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the number of colour ROPs by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel fill rate also depends on many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the max fill rate.