GeForce GT 210 vs GeForce GTX 660 Ti

Intro

Compare those specifications to the GeForce GTX 660 Ti, which features GPU core speed of 915 MHz, and 2048 MB of GDDR5 RAM running at 1500 MHz through a 192-bit bus. It also is made up of 1344 SPUs, 112 TAUs, and 24 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GT 210		31 Watts
GeForce GTX 660 Ti		150 Watts
	Difference: 119 Watts (384%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce GTX 660 Ti will be 1025% faster than the GeForce GT 210 in general, due to its higher bandwidth. (explain)

GeForce GTX 660 Ti		144000 MB/sec
GeForce GT 210		12800 MB/sec
	Difference: 131200 (1025%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 660 Ti will be quite a bit (more or less 2075%) better at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GT 210. (explain)

GeForce GTX 660 Ti		102480 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GT 210		4712 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 97768 (2075%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 660 Ti is a lot (approximately 832%) better at AA than the GeForce GT 210, and able to handle higher screen resolutions without slowing down too much. (explain)

GeForce GTX 660 Ti		21960 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GT 210		2356 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 19604 (832%)

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 information (in units of MB per second) that can be transported across the external memory interface in one second. It's calculated by multiplying the bus width by its memory speed. If it uses DDR memory, it must be multiplied by 2 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 AA, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that are applied per second. This number is calculated by multiplying the total texture units by the core speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the graphics card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics card could possibly write to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel output rate also depends on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the max fill rate.