GeForce GT 210 vs Radeon HD 4650 1GB

Intro

Compare those specifications to the Radeon HD 4650 1GB, which features a clock speed of 600 MHz and a GDDR3 memory speed of 700 MHz. It also features a 128-bit bus, and makes use of a 55 nm design. It is made up of 320(64x5) SPUs, 32 TAUs, and 8 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GT 210		31 Watts
Radeon HD 4650 1GB		55 Watts
	Difference: 24 Watts (77%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically, the Radeon HD 4650 1GB should perform a lot faster than the GeForce GT 210 in general. (explain)

Radeon HD 4650 1GB		22400 MB/sec
GeForce GT 210		12800 MB/sec
	Difference: 9600 (75%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon HD 4650 1GB will be a lot (more or less 307%) better at AF than the GeForce GT 210. (explain)

Radeon HD 4650 1GB		19200 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GT 210		4712 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 14488 (307%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon HD 4650 1GB is much (approximately 104%) faster with regards to FSAA than the GeForce GT 210, and should be able to handle higher resolutions without losing too much performance. (explain)

Radeon HD 4650 1GB		4800 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GT 210		2356 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 2444 (104%)

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 max amount of information (counted in MB per second) that can be moved across the external memory interface in one second. The number is worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR type memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the card's memory bandwidth, 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 number of texture map elements (texels) that are applied in one second. This figure is calculated by multiplying the total texture units of the card by the core 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 processed in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels that the graphics card can possibly write to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the amount of ROPs by the the core 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 rate is also dependant on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the max fill rate.