GeForce GT 210 vs Radeon HD 6670 (OEM)

Intro

Compare that to the Radeon HD 6670 (OEM), which makes use of a 40 nm design. AMD has set the core frequency at 800 MHz. The GDDR5 memory runs at a speed of 1000 MHz on this model. It features 480 SPUs as well as 24 TAUs and 8 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GT 210		31 Watts
Radeon HD 6670 (OEM)		63 Watts
	Difference: 32 Watts (103%)

Memory Bandwidth

The Radeon HD 6670 (OEM) should in theory be much faster than the GeForce GT 210 overall. (explain)

Radeon HD 6670 (OEM)		64000 MB/sec
GeForce GT 210		12800 MB/sec
	Difference: 51200 (400%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon HD 6670 (OEM) should be a lot (about 307%) better at AF than the GeForce GT 210. (explain)

Radeon HD 6670 (OEM)		19200 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GT 210		4712 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 14488 (307%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon HD 6670 (OEM) will be quite a bit (about 172%) better at full screen anti-aliasing than the GeForce GT 210, and also able to handle higher resolutions without slowing down too much. (explain)

Radeon HD 6670 (OEM)		6400 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GT 210		2356 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 4044 (172%)

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 largest amount of information (in units of megabytes per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface in one second. It is calculated by multiplying the interface width by the speed of its memory. In the case of DDR RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

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

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