GeForce GT 210 vs GeForce GTX 950M

Intro

Compare that to the GeForce GTX 950M, which features a core clock speed of 914 MHz and a DDR3 memory speed of 1000 MHz. It also makes use of a 128-bit bus, and uses a 28 nm design. It is made up of 640 SPUs, 40 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 950M		55 Watts
	Difference: 24 Watts (77%)

Memory Bandwidth

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

GeForce GTX 950M		32000 MB/sec
GeForce GT 210		12800 MB/sec
	Difference: 19200 (150%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 950M should be a lot (about 676%) more effective at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GT 210. (explain)

GeForce GTX 950M		36560 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GT 210		4712 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 31848 (676%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 950M is much (more or less 521%) more effective at full screen anti-aliasing than the GeForce GT 210, and also will be able to handle higher resolutions more effectively. (explain)

GeForce GTX 950M		14624 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GT 210		2356 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 12268 (521%)

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 information (counted in megabytes per second) that can be transferred across the external memory interface in one second. It's worked out by multiplying the interface width by its memory clock speed. In the case of DDR type memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that are applied per second. This number is calculated by multiplying the total texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, 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 graphics card could possibly write to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the amount of ROPs by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel fill rate is also dependant on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the max fill rate.