GeForce GT 210 vs Radeon R7 250

Intro

Compare that to the Radeon R7 250, which makes use of a 28 nm design. AMD has set the core frequency at 1000 MHz. The GDDR5 memory is set to run at a speed of 1150 MHz on this model. It features 384 SPUs as well as 24 TAUs and 8 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GT 210		31 Watts
Radeon R7 250		65 Watts
	Difference: 34 Watts (110%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the Radeon R7 250 should perform much faster than the GeForce GT 210 overall. (explain)

Radeon R7 250		73600 MB/sec
GeForce GT 210		12800 MB/sec
	Difference: 60800 (475%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon R7 250 is a lot (about 409%) faster with regards to AF than the GeForce GT 210. (explain)

Radeon R7 250		24000 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GT 210		4712 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 19288 (409%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon R7 250 is a lot (more or less 240%) more effective at full screen anti-aliasing than the GeForce GT 210, and also will be able to handle higher screen resolutions while still performing well. (explain)

Radeon R7 250		8000 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GT 210		2356 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 5644 (240%)

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 information (counted in MB per second) that can be transported past the external memory interface within a second. It's calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR type RAM, it 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 AA, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics card could possibly record to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the number of Render Output Units by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel fill rate also depends 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 maximum fill rate.