GeForce GT 210 vs GeForce GTX 660

Intro

Compare those specs to the GeForce GTX 660, which has a clock frequency of 980 MHz and a GDDR5 memory frequency of 1502 MHz. It also features a 192-bit memory bus, and uses a 28 nm design. It features 960 SPUs, 80 Texture Address Units, and 24 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GT 210		31 Watts
GeForce GTX 660		140 Watts
	Difference: 109 Watts (352%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the GeForce GTX 660 should perform quite a bit faster than the GeForce GT 210 overall. (explain)

GeForce GTX 660		144192 MB/sec
GeForce GT 210		12800 MB/sec
	Difference: 131392 (1027%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 660 is much (about 1564%) faster with regards to anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GT 210. (explain)

GeForce GTX 660		78400 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GT 210		4712 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 73688 (1564%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 660 will be quite a bit (about 898%) better at AA than the GeForce GT 210, and capable of handling higher resolutions better. (explain)

GeForce GTX 660		23520 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GT 210		2356 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 21164 (898%)

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 (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transported over the external memory interface in a second. It is calculated by multiplying the interface width by its memory speed. If it uses DDR RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that can be processed per second. This number is worked out by multiplying the total number of texture units of the card by the core 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 per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels the graphics card can possibly write to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the amount of Raster Operations Pipelines by the clock speed of the card. 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 - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the max fill rate.