GeForce GT 210 vs GeForce GTX 980M

Intro

Compare that to the GeForce GTX 980M, which has core clock speeds of 1038 MHz on the GPU, and 1000 MHz on the 4096 MB of GDDR5 memory. It features 1536 SPUs as well as 96 TAUs and 64 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GT 210		31 Watts
GeForce GTX 980M		100 Watts
	Difference: 69 Watts (223%)

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the GeForce GTX 980M should in theory be quite a bit superior to the GeForce GT 210 overall. (explain)

GeForce GTX 980M		128000 MB/sec
GeForce GT 210		12800 MB/sec
	Difference: 115200 (900%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 980M will be quite a bit (more or less 2015%) more effective at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GT 210. (explain)

GeForce GTX 980M		99648 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GT 210		4712 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 94936 (2015%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 980M should be a lot (approximately 2720%) better at AA than the GeForce GT 210, and will be capable of handling higher resolutions without losing too much performance. (explain)

GeForce GTX 980M		66432 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GT 210		2356 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 64076 (2720%)

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 max amount of information (measured in megabytes per second) that can be moved past the external memory interface within a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory clock speed. If it uses DDR RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels the video card could possibly record to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the number of 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 rate also depends on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the max fill rate.