GeForce GT 210 vs GeForce GTX 950

Intro

Compare those specifications to the GeForce GTX 950, which comes with clock speeds of 1024 MHz on the GPU, and 1652 MHz on the 2048 MB of GDDR5 RAM. It features 768 SPUs along with 48 TAUs and 32 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GT 210		31 Watts
GeForce GTX 950		90 Watts
	Difference: 59 Watts (190%)

Memory Bandwidth

As far as performance goes, the GeForce GTX 950 should theoretically be quite a bit superior to the GeForce GT 210 overall. (explain)

GeForce GTX 950		105728 MB/sec
GeForce GT 210		12800 MB/sec
	Difference: 92928 (726%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 950 should be much (more or less 943%) more effective at AF than the GeForce GT 210. (explain)

GeForce GTX 950		49152 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GT 210		4712 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 44440 (943%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 950 will be quite a bit (approximately 1291%) more effective at anti-aliasing than the GeForce GT 210, and will be capable of handling higher screen resolutions more effectively. (explain)

GeForce GTX 950		32768 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GT 210		2356 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 30412 (1291%)

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 maximum amount of information (measured in MB per second) that can be transferred over the external memory interface within a second. It's calculated by multiplying the interface width by its memory clock speed. If it uses DDR type memory, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and high resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics chip could possibly write to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the number of Raster Operations Pipelines by the clock 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 rate is also dependant on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.