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GeForce GT 210 vs GeForce GTX 1050

Intro

The GeForce GT 210 has a GPU core clock speed of 589 MHz, and the 512 MB of DDR3 RAM is set to run at 800 MHz through a 64-bit bus. It also features 16 Stream Processors, 8 TAUs, and 4 ROPs.

Compare those specifications to the GeForce GTX 1050, which has a core clock speed of 1354 MHz and a GDDR5 memory frequency of 1750 MHz. It also uses a 128-bit memory bus, and uses a 14 nm design. It features 640 SPUs, 40 TAUs, and 32 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GT 210 31 Watts
GeForce GTX 1050 75 Watts
Difference: 44 Watts (142%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce GTX 1050 should perform a lot faster than the GeForce GT 210 in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 114688 MB/sec
GeForce GT 210 12800 MB/sec
Difference: 101888 (796%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1050 should be a lot (more or less 1049%) better at AF than the GeForce GT 210. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 54160 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GT 210 4712 Mtexels/sec
Difference: 49448 (1049%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1050 is quite a bit (more or less 1739%) faster with regards to AA than the GeForce GT 210, and also should be able to handle higher resolutions without slowing down too much. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050 43328 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GT 210 2356 Mpixels/sec
Difference: 40972 (1739%)

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.

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Specifications

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Model GeForce GT 210 GeForce GTX 1050
Manufacturer nVidia nVidia
Year October 2009 October 2016
Code Name GT218 GP107-300
Memory 512 MB 2048 MB
Core Speed 589 MHz 1354 MHz
Memory Speed 1600 MHz 7000 MHz
Power (Max TDP) 31 watts 75 watts
Bandwidth 12800 MB/sec 114688 MB/sec
Texel Rate 4712 Mtexels/sec 54160 Mtexels/sec
Pixel Rate 2356 Mpixels/sec 43328 Mpixels/sec
Unified Shaders 16 640
Texture Mapping Units 8 40
Render Output Units 4 32
Bus Type DDR3 GDDR5
Bus Width 64-bit 128-bit
Fab Process 40 nm 14 nm
Transistors 260 million 3300 million
Bus PCIe 2.0 PCIe 3.0 x16
DirectX Version DirectX 10.1 DirectX 12.0
OpenGL Version OpenGL 3.2 OpenGL 4.5

Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the maximum amount of data (measured in megabytes per second) that can be transported across the external memory interface in one second. It's calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory speed. If the card has DDR type RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the bandwidth is, 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 texture map elements (texels) that can be applied per second. This number is calculated by multiplying the total texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the graphics card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels 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 calculated by multiplying the number of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the max fill rate.

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GeForce GT 210

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