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GeForce GT 210 vs GeForce GT 430 1GB

Intro

The GeForce GT 210 features core speeds of 589 MHz on the GPU, and 800 MHz on the 512 MB of DDR3 memory. It features 16 SPUs along with 8 TAUs and 4 Rasterization Operator Units.

Compare those specs to the GeForce GT 430 1GB, which comes with a clock speed of 700 MHz and a GDDR3 memory frequency of 900 MHz. It also uses a 128-bit bus, and makes use of a 40 nm design. It is comprised of 96 SPUs, 16 Texture Address Units, and 4 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GT 210 31 Watts
GeForce GT 430 1GB 60 Watts
Difference: 29 Watts (94%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce GT 430 1GB, in theory, should be a lot faster than the GeForce GT 210 in general. (explain)

GeForce GT 430 1GB 28800 MB/sec
GeForce GT 210 12800 MB/sec
Difference: 16000 (125%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GT 430 1GB should be quite a bit (about 138%) more effective at texture filtering than the GeForce GT 210. (explain)

GeForce GT 430 1GB 11200 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GT 210 4712 Mtexels/sec
Difference: 6488 (138%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GT 430 1GB will be a little bit (more or less 19%) more effective at FSAA than the GeForce GT 210, and also will be capable of handling higher resolutions without slowing down too much. (explain)

GeForce GT 430 1GB 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

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Specifications

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Model GeForce GT 210 GeForce GT 430 1GB
Manufacturer nVidia nVidia
Year October 2009 October 2010
Code Name GT218 GF108
Memory 512 MB 1024 MB
Core Speed 589 MHz 700 MHz
Memory Speed 1600 MHz 1800 MHz
Power (Max TDP) 31 watts 60 watts
Bandwidth 12800 MB/sec 28800 MB/sec
Texel Rate 4712 Mtexels/sec 11200 Mtexels/sec
Pixel Rate 2356 Mpixels/sec 2800 Mpixels/sec
Unified Shaders 16 96
Texture Mapping Units 8 16
Render Output Units 4 4
Bus Type DDR3 GDDR3
Bus Width 64-bit 128-bit
Fab Process 40 nm 40 nm
Transistors 260 million 585 million
Bus PCIe 2.0 PCIe x16
DirectX Version DirectX 10.1 DirectX 11
OpenGL Version OpenGL 3.2 OpenGL 4.1

Memory Bandwidth: Bandwidth is the max amount of information (in units of MB per second) that can be transferred over the external memory interface within a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory clock speed. If it uses DDR memory, 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 number of texture map elements (texels) that can be processed in one second. This figure is calculated by multiplying the total texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the graphics card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics card could possibly record to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the amount of ROPs by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel fill rate also depends on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the max fill rate.

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GeForce GT 210

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