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GeForce GT 340 vs Radeon HD 4850 1GB

Intro

The GeForce GT 340 comes with a core clock frequency of 550 MHz and a GDDR5 memory frequency of 850 MHz. It also uses a 128-bit bus, and makes use of a 40 nm design. It is made up of 96 SPUs, 32 TAUs, and 8 ROPs.

Compare those specs to the Radeon HD 4850 1GB, which has a clock frequency of 625 MHz and a GDDR4 memory frequency of 993 MHz. It also uses a 256-bit memory bus, and makes use of a 55 nm design. It is comprised of 800(160x5) SPUs, 40 TAUs, and 16 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GT 340 69 Watts
Radeon HD 4850 1GB 110 Watts
Difference: 41 Watts (59%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the Radeon HD 4850 1GB should be a bit faster than the GeForce GT 340 overall. (explain)

Radeon HD 4850 1GB 63552 MB/sec
GeForce GT 340 54400 MB/sec
Difference: 9152 (17%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon HD 4850 1GB should be a lot (about 42%) faster with regards to texture filtering than the GeForce GT 340. (explain)

Radeon HD 4850 1GB 25000 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GT 340 17600 Mtexels/sec
Difference: 7400 (42%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon HD 4850 1GB should be a lot (more or less 127%) faster with regards to full screen anti-aliasing than the GeForce GT 340, and should be capable of handling higher screen resolutions without losing too much performance. (explain)

Radeon HD 4850 1GB 10000 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GT 340 4400 Mpixels/sec
Difference: 5600 (127%)

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

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Specifications

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Model GeForce GT 340 Radeon HD 4850 1GB
Manufacturer nVidia AMD
Year February 2010 Jun 25, 2008
Code Name GT215 RV770 PRO
Memory 512 MB 1024 MB
Core Speed 550 MHz 625 MHz
Memory Speed 3400 MHz 1986 MHz
Power (Max TDP) 69 watts 110 watts
Bandwidth 54400 MB/sec 63552 MB/sec
Texel Rate 17600 Mtexels/sec 25000 Mtexels/sec
Pixel Rate 4400 Mpixels/sec 10000 Mpixels/sec
Unified Shaders 96 800(160x5)
Texture Mapping Units 32 40
Render Output Units 8 16
Bus Type GDDR5 GDDR4
Bus Width 128-bit 256-bit
Fab Process 40 nm 55 nm
Transistors 727 million 956 million
Bus PCIe x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
DirectX Version DirectX 10.1 DirectX 10.1
OpenGL Version OpenGL 3.3 OpenGL 3.0

Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the max amount of data (in units of megabytes per second) that can be transported across the external memory interface in one second. It's worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by the speed of its memory. In the case of DDR type memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. 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 number of texture map elements (texels) that are processed in one second. This figure is calculated by multiplying the total number of texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the video card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels per second.

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

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GeForce GT 340

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Radeon HD 4850 1GB

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Please note that the price comparisons are based on search keywords - sometimes it might show cards with very similar names that are not exactly the same as the one chosen in the comparison. We do try to filter out the wrong results as best we can, though.

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