GeForce 810M vs Radeon HD 3470 512MB

Intro

Compare that to the Radeon HD 3470 512MB, which features GPU core speed of 800 MHz, and 512 MB of GDDR3 RAM running at 950 MHz through a 128-bit bus. It also features 40(8x5) SPUs, 4 Texture Address Units, and 4 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically, the Radeon HD 3470 512MB should be much faster than the GeForce 810M in general. (explain)

Radeon HD 3470 512MB		30400 MB/sec
GeForce 810M		14400 MB/sec
	Difference: 16000 (111%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce 810M should be a lot (about 85%) better at AF than the Radeon HD 3470 512MB. (explain)

GeForce 810M		5904 Mtexels/sec
Radeon HD 3470 512MB		3200 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 2704 (85%)

Pixel Rate

If using lots of anti-aliasing is important to you, then the Radeon HD 3470 512MB is superior to the GeForce 810M, though only just barely. (explain)

Radeon HD 3470 512MB		3200 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 810M		2952 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 248 (8%)

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: Memory bandwidth is the largest amount of data (measured in MB per second) that can be moved past the external memory interface in one second. It is calculated by multiplying the bus width by the speed of its memory. If it uses DDR type RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the bandwidth is, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and high 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 texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the graphics card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the graphics card could possibly record to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel fill rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.