GeForce GT 310 vs GeForce GTX 570

Intro

Compare all of that to the GeForce GTX 570, which has GPU core speed of 732 MHz, and 1280 MB of GDDR5 memory set to run at 950 MHz through a 320-bit bus. It also features 480 Stream Processors, 60 TAUs, and 40 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GT 310		31 Watts
GeForce GTX 570		219 Watts
	Difference: 188 Watts (606%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce GTX 570, in theory, should be much faster than the GeForce GT 310 in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 570		152000 MB/sec
GeForce GT 310		16000 MB/sec
	Difference: 136000 (850%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 570 is quite a bit (more or less 832%) faster with regards to texture filtering than the GeForce GT 310. (explain)

GeForce GTX 570		43920 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GT 310		4712 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 39208 (832%)

Pixel Rate

If running with a high resolution is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 570 is superior to the GeForce GT 310, and very much so. (explain)

GeForce GTX 570		29280 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GT 310		2356 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 26924 (1143%)

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 maximum amount of data (in units of MB per second) that can be moved over the external memory interface in one second. It is calculated by multiplying the bus width by the speed of its memory. If it uses DDR RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and high resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels the video card can possibly record to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the amount of colour ROPs by the the card's clock speed. 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 bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the max fill rate.