GeForce GT 210 vs GeForce GTX 660

Intro

Compare that to the GeForce GTX 660, which features clock speeds of 980 MHz on the GPU, and 1502 MHz on the 2048 MB of GDDR5 memory. It features 960 SPUs as well as 80 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		140 Watts
	Difference: 109 Watts (352%)

Memory Bandwidth

As far as performance goes, the GeForce GTX 660 should theoretically be much better 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 (approximately 1564%) faster with regards to texture filtering than the GeForce GT 210. (explain)

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

Pixel Rate

If running with lots of anti-aliasing is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 660 is superior to the GeForce GT 210, by far. (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 max amount of information (measured in MB per second) that can be transferred across the external memory interface in a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory clock speed. In the case of DDR memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the bandwidth is, 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 can be processed per second. This figure is worked out by multiplying the total amount of texture units of the card 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 applied per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics chip can possibly record to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the amount of ROPs by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel 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 reach the maximum fill rate.