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GeForce GT 320 vs Radeon HD 3690/3830

Intro

The GeForce GT 320 has a GPU core speed of 540 MHz, and the 1024 MB of GDDR3 RAM is set to run at 790 MHz through a 128-bit bus. It also is made up of 72 SPUs, 24 TAUs, and 8 ROPs.

Compare those specifications to the Radeon HD 3690/3830, which features a clock speed of 668 MHz and a GDDR3 memory frequency of 828 MHz. It also makes use of a 128-bit memory bus, and makes use of a 55 nm design. It is made up of 320(64x5) SPUs, 16 TAUs, and 16 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GT 320 43 Watts
Radeon HD 3690/3830 75 Watts
Difference: 32 Watts (74%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the Radeon HD 3690/3830 should perform a small bit faster than the GeForce GT 320 in general. (explain)

Radeon HD 3690/3830 26496 MB/sec
GeForce GT 320 25280 MB/sec
Difference: 1216 (5%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GT 320 is much (about 21%) faster with regards to AF than the Radeon HD 3690/3830. (explain)

GeForce GT 320 12960 Mtexels/sec
Radeon HD 3690/3830 10688 Mtexels/sec
Difference: 2272 (21%)

Pixel Rate

The Radeon HD 3690/3830 will be quite a bit (about 147%) faster with regards to FSAA than the GeForce GT 320, and also able to handle higher screen resolutions while still performing well. (explain)

Radeon HD 3690/3830 10688 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GT 320 4320 Mpixels/sec
Difference: 6368 (147%)

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

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Specifications

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Model GeForce GT 320 Radeon HD 3690/3830
Manufacturer nVidia AMD
Year February 2010 2008
Code Name GT215 RV670 PRO
Memory 1024 MB 256 MB
Core Speed 540 MHz 668 MHz
Memory Speed 1580 MHz 1656 MHz
Power (Max TDP) 43 watts 75 watts
Bandwidth 25280 MB/sec 26496 MB/sec
Texel Rate 12960 Mtexels/sec 10688 Mtexels/sec
Pixel Rate 4320 Mpixels/sec 10688 Mpixels/sec
Unified Shaders 72 320(64x5)
Texture Mapping Units 24 16
Render Output Units 8 16
Bus Type GDDR3 GDDR3
Bus Width 128-bit 128-bit
Fab Process 40 nm 55 nm
Transistors 727 million (Unknown) million
Bus PCIe x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
DirectX Version DirectX 10.1 DirectX 10.1
OpenGL Version OpenGL 3.3 OpenGL 3.0

Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the maximum amount of data (measured in megabytes per second) that can be transferred over the external memory interface within a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory speed. If it uses DDR memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics card can possibly record to the 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 core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel fill rate also depends on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the max fill rate.

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GeForce GT 320

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Radeon HD 3690/3830

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Please note that the price comparisons are based on search keywords - sometimes it might show cards with very similar names that are not exactly the same as the one chosen in the comparison. We do try to filter out the wrong results as best we can, though.

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