GeForce GT 210 vs Radeon HD 6570 (OEM) 1GB

Intro

Compare that to the Radeon HD 6570 (OEM) 1GB, which has a core clock frequency of 650 MHz and a GDDR3 memory frequency of 900 MHz. It also makes use of a 128-bit memory bus, and uses a 40 nm design. It features 480 SPUs, 24 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 6570 (OEM) 1GB		50 Watts
	Difference: 19 Watts (61%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the Radeon HD 6570 (OEM) 1GB will be 125% quicker than the GeForce GT 210 in general, due to its higher bandwidth. (explain)

Radeon HD 6570 (OEM) 1GB		28800 MB/sec
GeForce GT 210		12800 MB/sec
	Difference: 16000 (125%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon HD 6570 (OEM) 1GB will be a lot (more or less 231%) better at AF than the GeForce GT 210. (explain)

Radeon HD 6570 (OEM) 1GB		15600 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GT 210		4712 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 10888 (231%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon HD 6570 (OEM) 1GB will be much (approximately 121%) better at anti-aliasing than the GeForce GT 210, and should be able to handle higher screen resolutions without losing too much performance. (explain)

Radeon HD 6570 (OEM) 1GB		5200 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GT 210		2356 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 2844 (121%)

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 (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transported over the external memory interface within a second. It is worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels the video card 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 Raster Operations Pipelines by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel fill rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.