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GeForce GT 1030 vs GeForce GT 210

Intro

The GeForce GT 1030 features a core clock speed of 1265 MHz and a GDDR5 memory frequency of 1502 MHz. It also features a 64-bit bus, and makes use of a 16 nm design. It features 384 SPUs, 32 Texture Address Units, and 16 ROPs.

Compare those specs to the GeForce GT 210, which features core clock speeds of 589 MHz on the GPU, and 800 MHz on the 512 MB of DDR3 RAM. It features 16 SPUs along with 8 TAUs 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

The GeForce GT 1030 should theoretically perform a lot faster 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 should be quite a bit (about 759%) better at texture filtering 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 much (approximately 759%) faster with regards to FSAA than the GeForce GT 210, and should be capable of handling higher screen resolutions more effectively. (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

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Specifications

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Model GeForce GT 1030 GeForce GT 210
Manufacturer nVidia nVidia
Year May 2017 October 2009
Code Name GP108-300 GT218
Memory 2048 MB 512 MB
Core Speed 1265 MHz 589 MHz
Memory Speed 6008 MHz 1600 MHz
Power (Max TDP) 30 watts 31 watts
Bandwidth 49152 MB/sec 12800 MB/sec
Texel Rate 40480 Mtexels/sec 4712 Mtexels/sec
Pixel Rate 20240 Mpixels/sec 2356 Mpixels/sec
Unified Shaders 384 16
Texture Mapping Units 32 8
Render Output Units 16 4
Bus Type GDDR5 DDR3
Bus Width 64-bit 64-bit
Fab Process 16 nm 40 nm
Transistors 3300 million 260 million
Bus PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 2.0
DirectX Version DirectX 12.0 DirectX 10.1
OpenGL Version OpenGL 4.5 OpenGL 3.2

Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the maximum amount of information (in units of megabytes per second) that can be transferred over the external memory interface in one second. It's calculated by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR type memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and high resolutions.

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

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the graphics card can possibly write to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the amount of Raster Operations Pipelines by the clock 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 fill rate also depends on many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the max fill rate.

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