GeForce GT 210 vs GeForce GTX 750

Intro

Compare that to the GeForce GTX 750, which has a clock frequency of 1020 MHz and a GDDR5 memory speed of 1250 MHz. It also makes use of a 128-bit bus, and uses a 28 nm design. It is made up of 512 SPUs, 32 Texture Address Units, and 16 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GT 210		31 Watts
GeForce GTX 750		55 Watts
	Difference: 24 Watts (77%)

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the GeForce GTX 750 should in theory be quite a bit better than the GeForce GT 210 overall. (explain)

GeForce GTX 750		80000 MB/sec
GeForce GT 210		12800 MB/sec
	Difference: 67200 (525%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 750 is quite a bit (approximately 593%) better at AF than the GeForce GT 210. (explain)

GeForce GTX 750		32640 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GT 210		4712 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 27928 (593%)

Pixel Rate

If running with a high resolution is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 750 is the winner, and very much so. (explain)

GeForce GTX 750		16320 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GT 210		2356 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 13964 (593%)

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 MB per second) that can be transported past the external memory interface within a second. It is calculated by multiplying the card's bus width by the speed of its memory. In the case of DDR type memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better 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 texture map elements (texels) that are processed in one second. This is calculated by multiplying the total amount of texture units by the core speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the video card will be at handling 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 the graphics card can possibly write to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the amount of ROPs by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel fill rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the max fill rate.