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GeForce GT 210 vs GeForce GTX 650

Intro

The GeForce GT 210 features a GPU core clock speed of 589 MHz, and the 512 MB of DDR3 memory runs at 800 MHz through a 64-bit bus. It also features 16 SPUs, 8 TAUs, and 4 ROPs.

Compare all that to the GeForce GTX 650, which uses a 28 nm design. nVidia has clocked the core frequency at 1058 MHz. The GDDR5 memory runs at a speed of 1250 MHz on this card. It features 384 SPUs along with 32 TAUs and 16 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GT 210 31 Watts
GeForce GTX 650 64 Watts
Difference: 33 Watts (106%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce GTX 650 should in theory be quite a bit faster than the GeForce GT 210 overall. (explain)

GeForce GTX 650 80000 MB/sec
GeForce GT 210 12800 MB/sec
Difference: 67200 (525%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 650 is a lot (more or less 619%) more effective at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GT 210. (explain)

GeForce GTX 650 33856 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GT 210 4712 Mtexels/sec
Difference: 29144 (619%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 650 will be quite a bit (more or less 619%) more effective at full screen anti-aliasing than the GeForce GT 210, and will be able to handle higher screen resolutions without slowing down too much. (explain)

GeForce GTX 650 16928 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GT 210 2356 Mpixels/sec
Difference: 14572 (619%)

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.

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Specifications

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Model GeForce GT 210 GeForce GTX 650
Manufacturer nVidia nVidia
Year October 2009 September 2012
Code Name GT218 GK107
Memory 512 MB 1024 MB
Core Speed 589 MHz 1058 MHz
Memory Speed 1600 MHz 5000 MHz
Power (Max TDP) 31 watts 64 watts
Bandwidth 12800 MB/sec 80000 MB/sec
Texel Rate 4712 Mtexels/sec 33856 Mtexels/sec
Pixel Rate 2356 Mpixels/sec 16928 Mpixels/sec
Unified Shaders 16 384
Texture Mapping Units 8 32
Render Output Units 4 16
Bus Type DDR3 GDDR5
Bus Width 64-bit 128-bit
Fab Process 40 nm 28 nm
Transistors 260 million 1300 million
Bus PCIe 2.0 PCIe 3.0 x16
DirectX Version DirectX 10.1 DirectX 11.0
OpenGL Version OpenGL 3.2 OpenGL 4.3

Memory Bandwidth: Bandwidth is the max amount of data (counted in MB per second) that can be transported across the external memory interface in one second. It is worked out by multiplying the interface width by its memory speed. If it uses DDR type memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the video card can possibly write to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the amount of ROPs by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel rate also depends on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the max fill rate.

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