GeForce GT 210 vs GeForce GTX 950M

Intro

Compare that to the GeForce GTX 950M, which uses a 28 nm design. nVidia has set the core frequency at 914 MHz. The DDR3 memory is set to run at a frequency of 1000 MHz on this specific model. It features 640 SPUs along with 40 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 950M		55 Watts
	Difference: 24 Watts (77%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce GTX 950M is 150% quicker than the GeForce GT 210 in general, because of its greater bandwidth. (explain)

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

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 950M should be much (about 676%) faster with regards to 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 quite a bit (about 521%) better at anti-aliasing than the GeForce GT 210, and also should be capable of handling higher screen resolutions without slowing down too much. (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: Bandwidth is the max amount of data (measured in MB per second) that can be moved over the external memory interface in one second. The number is worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory clock speed. If it uses DDR memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the bandwidth is, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

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

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