GeForce GT 240 GDDR5 1GB vs Radeon R7 370 4G

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon R7 370 4G, which comes with core clock speeds of 975 MHz on the GPU, and 1400 MHz on the 4096 MB of GDDR5 RAM. It features 1024 SPUs along with 64 TAUs and 32 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GT 240 GDDR5 1GB		70 Watts
Radeon R7 370 4G		110 Watts
	Difference: 40 Watts (57%)

Memory Bandwidth

As far as performance goes, the Radeon R7 370 4G should in theory be quite a bit better than the GeForce GT 240 GDDR5 1GB overall. (explain)

Radeon R7 370 4G		179200 MB/sec
GeForce GT 240 GDDR5 1GB		54400 MB/sec
	Difference: 124800 (229%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon R7 370 4G should be quite a bit (about 255%) better at texture filtering than the GeForce GT 240 GDDR5 1GB. (explain)

Radeon R7 370 4G		62400 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GT 240 GDDR5 1GB		17600 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 44800 (255%)

Pixel Rate

If running with high levels of AA is important to you, then the Radeon R7 370 4G is superior to the GeForce GT 240 GDDR5 1GB, by far. (explain)

Radeon R7 370 4G		31200 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GT 240 GDDR5 1GB		4400 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 26800 (609%)

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 max amount of information (in units of megabytes per second) that can be transferred over the external memory interface in one second. It is worked out by multiplying the interface width by its memory speed. If it uses DDR type RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and high resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels that the graphics chip could possibly record to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the amount of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel output rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.