GeForce GT 210 vs GeForce GTX 650 Ti

Intro

Compare all of that to the GeForce GTX 650 Ti, which comes with a clock speed of 928 MHz and a GDDR5 memory frequency of 1350 MHz. It also uses a 128-bit bus, and makes use of a 28 nm design. It features 768 SPUs, 64 TAUs, and 16 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GT 210		31 Watts
GeForce GTX 650 Ti		110 Watts
	Difference: 79 Watts (255%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce GTX 650 Ti is 575% quicker than the GeForce GT 210 overall, due to its higher bandwidth. (explain)

GeForce GTX 650 Ti		86400 MB/sec
GeForce GT 210		12800 MB/sec
	Difference: 73600 (575%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 650 Ti will be much (approximately 1160%) better at texture filtering than the GeForce GT 210. (explain)

GeForce GTX 650 Ti		59392 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GT 210		4712 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 54680 (1160%)

Pixel Rate

If using lots of anti-aliasing is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 650 Ti is a better choice, by far. (explain)

GeForce GTX 650 Ti		14848 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GT 210		2356 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 12492 (530%)

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 data (counted in MB per second) that can be transferred across the external memory interface in a second. It's calculated by multiplying the interface width by its memory speed. If it uses DDR memory, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the card's memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that can be processed in one second. This is worked out by multiplying the total number of texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the card will be at 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 the video card could possibly write to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the number of Raster Operations Pipelines 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 fill rate also depends on many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.