GeForce GT 310 vs Radeon R5 M330

Intro

Compare those specs to the Radeon R5 M330, which comes with a core clock speed of 1030 MHz and a DDR3 memory speed of 900 MHz. It also features a 64-bit memory bus, and uses a 28 nm design. It features 320 SPUs, 20 TAUs, and 8 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the GeForce GT 310 should in theory be just a bit better than the Radeon R5 M330 in general. (explain)

GeForce GT 310		16000 MB/sec
Radeon R5 M330		14400 MB/sec
	Difference: 1600 (11%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon R5 M330 will be quite a bit (more or less 337%) faster with regards to AF than the GeForce GT 310. (explain)

Radeon R5 M330		20600 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GT 310		4712 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 15888 (337%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon R5 M330 will be a lot (about 250%) more effective at AA than the GeForce GT 310, and should be able to handle higher resolutions without slowing down too much. (explain)

Radeon R5 M330		8240 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GT 310		2356 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 5884 (250%)

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 max amount of data (counted in MB per second) that can be transported over the external memory interface within a second. It is calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the bandwidth is, 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 per second. This figure is worked out by multiplying the total texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the video card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics chip could possibly record to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units by the clock 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 rate also depends on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.