GeForce GT 1030 vs GeForce GT 210

Intro

Compare that to the GeForce GT 210, which comes with a core clock speed of 589 MHz and a DDR3 memory speed of 800 MHz. It also features a 64-bit memory bus, and uses a 40 nm design. It features 16 SPUs, 8 Texture Address Units, and 4 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GT 1030		30 Watts
GeForce GT 210		31 Watts
	Difference: 1 Watts (3%)

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the GeForce GT 1030 should theoretically be quite a bit better than the GeForce GT 210 overall. (explain)

GeForce GT 1030		49152 MB/sec
GeForce GT 210		12800 MB/sec
	Difference: 36352 (284%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GT 1030 will be much (more or less 759%) more effective at AF than the GeForce GT 210. (explain)

GeForce GT 1030		40480 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GT 210		4712 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 35768 (759%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GT 1030 should be quite a bit (about 759%) faster with regards to full screen anti-aliasing than the GeForce GT 210, and should be able to handle higher resolutions without slowing down too much. (explain)

GeForce GT 1030		20240 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GT 210		2356 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 17884 (759%)

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 data (in units of megabytes per second) that can be transported over the external memory interface within a second. It is calculated by multiplying the card's bus width by the speed of its memory. If the card has DDR type RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that can be applied in one second. This number is worked out by multiplying the total amount of texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the card will be at handling 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 that the graphics chip could possibly record to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out 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 filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel rate also depends on many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the maximum fill rate.