GeForce GT 210 vs Radeon R9 390 8G

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon R9 390 8G, which features a clock frequency of 1000 MHz and a GDDR5 memory frequency of 1500 MHz. It also features a 512-bit bus, and uses a 28 nm design. It features 2560 SPUs, 160 Texture Address Units, and 64 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GT 210		31 Watts
Radeon R9 390 8G		275 Watts
	Difference: 244 Watts (787%)

Memory Bandwidth

The Radeon R9 390 8G should in theory be quite a bit faster than the GeForce GT 210 in general. (explain)

Radeon R9 390 8G		384000 MB/sec
GeForce GT 210		12800 MB/sec
	Difference: 371200 (2900%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon R9 390 8G is much (about 3296%) better at AF than the GeForce GT 210. (explain)

Radeon R9 390 8G		160000 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GT 210		4712 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 155288 (3296%)

Pixel Rate

If using a high resolution is important to you, then the Radeon R9 390 8G is superior to the GeForce GT 210, by far. (explain)

Radeon R9 390 8G		64000 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GT 210		2356 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 61644 (2616%)

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 (counted in megabytes per second) that can be moved past the external memory interface in a second. It is worked out by multiplying the bus width by its memory clock speed. In the case of DDR memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that are applied per second. This figure is calculated by multiplying the total amount of texture units by the core clock 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 per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels the graphics card can possibly write to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the number of Render Output Units by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel rate also depends on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the maximum fill rate.