GeForce GT 210 vs GeForce GTX 970M

Intro

Compare those specs to the GeForce GTX 970M, which has a clock speed of 924 MHz and a GDDR5 memory speed of 1000 MHz. It also makes use of a 192-bit memory bus, and uses a 28 nm design. It features 1280 SPUs, 80 TAUs, and 48 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GT 210		31 Watts
GeForce GTX 970M		75 Watts
	Difference: 44 Watts (142%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce GTX 970M, in theory, should perform quite a bit faster than the GeForce GT 210 overall. (explain)

GeForce GTX 970M		96000 MB/sec
GeForce GT 210		12800 MB/sec
	Difference: 83200 (650%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 970M should be much (approximately 1469%) better at texture filtering than the GeForce GT 210. (explain)

GeForce GTX 970M		73920 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GT 210		4712 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 69208 (1469%)

Pixel Rate

If running with a high resolution is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 970M is a better choice, by a large margin. (explain)

GeForce GTX 970M		44352 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GT 210		2356 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 41996 (1783%)

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 (in units of MB per second) that can be transferred across the external memory interface within a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory clock speed. In the case of DDR type memory, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the memory bandwidth, the faster 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 number of texture map elements (texels) that can be processed in one second. This 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 graphics 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 maximum number of pixels the video card can possibly write to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the number of colour ROPs by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel fill rate is also dependant on many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the max fill rate.