GeForce GT 210 vs GeForce GTX 960M

Intro

Compare those specifications to the GeForce GTX 960M, which has a core clock frequency of 1096 MHz and a GDDR5 memory speed of 1000 MHz. It also uses a 128-bit bus, and makes use of a 28 nm design. It features 640 SPUs, 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 960M		65 Watts
	Difference: 34 Watts (110%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically, the GeForce GTX 960M should perform quite a bit faster than the GeForce GT 210 in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 960M		64000 MB/sec
GeForce GT 210		12800 MB/sec
	Difference: 51200 (400%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 960M will be much (approximately 830%) better at texture filtering than the GeForce GT 210. (explain)

GeForce GTX 960M		43840 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GT 210		4712 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 39128 (830%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 960M should be much (about 644%) faster with regards to anti-aliasing than the GeForce GT 210, and also will be capable of handling higher resolutions without slowing down too much. (explain)

GeForce GTX 960M		17536 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GT 210		2356 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 15180 (644%)

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 information (in units of megabytes per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface within a second. It's worked out by multiplying the bus width by the speed of its memory. If the card has DDR type memory, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels that the graphics card can possibly record to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the number of colour ROPs by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel fill rate also depends on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the maximum fill rate.