GeForce GT 210 vs GeForce GT 430 (OEM)

Intro

Compare all that to the GeForce GT 430 (OEM), which features core clock speeds of 700 MHz on the GPU, and 900 MHz on the 2048 MB of GDDR3 RAM. It features 96 SPUs as well as 16 TAUs and 4 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GT 210		31 Watts
GeForce GT 430 (OEM)		60 Watts
	Difference: 29 Watts (94%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce GT 430 (OEM), in theory, should be much faster than the GeForce GT 210 overall. (explain)

GeForce GT 430 (OEM)		28800 MB/sec
GeForce GT 210		12800 MB/sec
	Difference: 16000 (125%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GT 430 (OEM) is a lot (more or less 138%) better at AF than the GeForce GT 210. (explain)

GeForce GT 430 (OEM)		11200 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GT 210		4712 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 6488 (138%)

Pixel Rate

If running with lots of anti-aliasing is important to you, then the GeForce GT 430 (OEM) is superior to the GeForce GT 210, but not by far. (explain)

GeForce GT 430 (OEM)		2800 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GT 210		2356 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 444 (19%)

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: Bandwidth is the largest amount of information (in units of MB per second) that can be moved over the external memory interface within a second. The number is calculated by multiplying the bus width by the speed of its memory. If it uses DDR memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and higher screen 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 texture units by the core speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the video card could possibly record to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the number of Render Output Units 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 fill rate also depends on lots of 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.