Compare any two graphics cards:
GeForce GT 210 vs Radeon HD 4650 512MB
IntroThe GeForce GT 210 makes use of a 40 nm design. nVidia has clocked the core frequency at 589 MHz. The DDR3 memory works at a frequency of 800 MHz on this particular card. It features 16 SPUs along with 8 TAUs and 4 ROPs.Compare those specifications to the Radeon HD 4650 512MB, which makes use of a 55 nm design. AMD has set the core speed at 600 MHz. The DDR2 memory works at a speed of 500 MHz on this card. It features 320(64x5) SPUs along with 32 TAUs and 8 Rasterization Operator Units.
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Power Usage and Theoretical BenchmarksPower Consumption (Max TDP)
Memory BandwidthTheoretically speaking, the Radeon HD 4650 512MB should perform quite a bit faster than the GeForce GT 210 in general. (explain)
Texel RateThe Radeon HD 4650 512MB will be much (more or less 307%) better at AF than the GeForce GT 210. (explain)
Pixel RateThe Radeon HD 4650 512MB will be much (about 104%) faster with regards to FSAA than the GeForce GT 210, and also should be capable of handling higher screen resolutions without slowing down too much. (explain)
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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Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the max amount of data (counted in MB per second) that can be transferred over the external memory interface in a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the bus width by its memory clock speed. If it uses DDR type RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the bandwidth is, the better 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 amount of texture map elements (texels) that can be processed per second. This number is worked out by multiplying the total number of texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the graphics card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed in a second. Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels that the graphics card could possibly write to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the amount of ROPs by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel output 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 get to the max fill rate.
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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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