GeForce GT 210 vs GeForce GTX 650 Ti 2GB

Intro

Compare those specifications to the GeForce GTX 650 Ti 2GB, which features a core clock frequency of 928 MHz and a GDDR5 memory frequency of 1350 MHz. It also uses a 128-bit bus, and uses a 28 nm design. It is made up of 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 2GB		110 Watts
	Difference: 79 Watts (255%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce GTX 650 Ti 2GB should theoretically perform much faster than the GeForce GT 210 overall. (explain)

GeForce GTX 650 Ti 2GB		86400 MB/sec
GeForce GT 210		12800 MB/sec
	Difference: 73600 (575%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 650 Ti 2GB will be much (approximately 1160%) better at AF than the GeForce GT 210. (explain)

GeForce GTX 650 Ti 2GB		59392 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GT 210		4712 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 54680 (1160%)

Pixel Rate

If running with lots of anti-aliasing is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 650 Ti 2GB is superior to the GeForce GT 210, by a large margin. (explain)

GeForce GTX 650 Ti 2GB		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: Bandwidth is the largest amount of data (measured in megabytes per second) that can be transferred across the external memory interface within a second. It's worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by the speed of its memory. If the card has DDR RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics chip could possibly write to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the number of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel fill rate also depends on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the max fill rate.