GeForce GT 210 vs Radeon R9 Nano

Intro

Compare all of that to the Radeon R9 Nano, which comes with a clock speed of 1000 MHz and a HBM memory frequency of 500 MHz. It also uses a 4096-bit bus, and uses a 28 nm design. It features 4096 SPUs, 256 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 Nano		175 Watts
	Difference: 144 Watts (465%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the Radeon R9 Nano should perform much faster than the GeForce GT 210 overall. (explain)

Radeon R9 Nano		512000 MB/sec
GeForce GT 210		12800 MB/sec
	Difference: 499200 (3900%)

Texel Rate

The Radeon R9 Nano should be quite a bit (approximately 5333%) more effective at AF than the GeForce GT 210. (explain)

Radeon R9 Nano		256000 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GT 210		4712 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 251288 (5333%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon R9 Nano should be a lot (more or less 2616%) better at FSAA than the GeForce GT 210, and also should be capable of handling higher screen resolutions more effectively. (explain)

Radeon R9 Nano		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 maximum amount of data (measured in MB per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface in a second. It is worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory clock speed. In the case of DDR memory, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that are processed in one second. This number is calculated by multiplying the total texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the 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 that the graphics chip can possibly record to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the number of colour ROPs by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called 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, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the max fill rate.