GeForce GT 210 vs GeForce GT 440 1.5GB

Intro

Compare those specs to the GeForce GT 440 1.5GB, which has a clock speed of 594 MHz and a GDDR3 memory speed of 900 MHz. It also uses a 192-bit memory bus, and makes use of a 40 nm design. It features 144 SPUs, 24 Texture Address Units, and 24 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GT 210		31 Watts
GeForce GT 440 1.5GB		56 Watts
	Difference: 25 Watts (81%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce GT 440 1.5GB should theoretically be a lot faster than the GeForce GT 210 overall. (explain)

GeForce GT 440 1.5GB		43200 MB/sec
GeForce GT 210		12800 MB/sec
	Difference: 30400 (238%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GT 440 1.5GB should be much (more or less 203%) faster with regards to AF than the GeForce GT 210. (explain)

GeForce GT 440 1.5GB		14256 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GT 210		4712 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 9544 (203%)

Pixel Rate

If using high levels of AA is important to you, then the GeForce GT 440 1.5GB is superior to the GeForce GT 210, by far. (explain)

GeForce GT 440 1.5GB		14256 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GT 210		2356 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 11900 (505%)

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 maximum amount of data (in units of MB per second) that can be transported past the external memory interface within a second. It's calculated by multiplying the bus width by the speed of its memory. In the case of DDR memory, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the 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 texture map elements (texels) that are applied per second. This is calculated by multiplying the total amount of texture units of the card by the core clock 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 in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics chip can possibly write to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the number of ROPs by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel output rate also depends on many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.