GeForce GT 210 vs GeForce GT 430

Intro

Compare those specs to the GeForce GT 430, which uses a 40 nm design. nVidia has set the core speed at 700 MHz. The GDDR3 memory is set to run at a speed of 900 MHz on this specific card. It features 96 SPUs along with 16 Texture Address Units and 4 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

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

Memory Bandwidth

As far as performance goes, the GeForce GT 430 should in theory be quite a bit better than the GeForce GT 210 overall. (explain)

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

Texel Rate

The GeForce GT 430 is much (more or less 138%) faster with regards to AF than the GeForce GT 210. (explain)

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

Pixel Rate

If running with high levels of AA is important to you, then the GeForce GT 430 is a better choice, not by a very large margin though. (explain)

GeForce GT 430		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: Memory bandwidth is the maximum amount of data (in units of megabytes per second) that can be transported past the external memory interface within a second. It is worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the bandwidth is, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that can be applied per second. This figure is calculated by multiplying the total number of texture units of the card by the core clock 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 applied in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics chip could possibly write to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the amount of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel fill rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.