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GeForce GT 210 vs GeForce GT 440 3GB

Intro

The GeForce GT 210 makes use of a 40 nm design. nVidia has clocked the core frequency at 589 MHz. The DDR3 RAM runs at a speed of 800 MHz on this model. It features 16 SPUs along with 8 TAUs and 4 Rasterization Operator Units.

Compare those specifications to the GeForce GT 440 3GB, which makes use of a 40 nm design. nVidia has set the core speed at 594 MHz. The GDDR3 RAM runs at a speed of 900 MHz on this specific model. It features 144 SPUs along with 24 TAUs and 24 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GT 210 31 Watts
GeForce GT 440 3GB 56 Watts
Difference: 25 Watts (81%)

Memory Bandwidth

As far as performance goes, the GeForce GT 440 3GB should theoretically be a lot better than the GeForce GT 210 in general. (explain)

GeForce GT 440 3GB 43200 MB/sec
GeForce GT 210 12800 MB/sec
Difference: 30400 (238%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GT 440 3GB is much (more or less 203%) better at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GT 210. (explain)

GeForce GT 440 3GB 14256 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GT 210 4712 Mtexels/sec
Difference: 9544 (203%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GT 440 3GB will be a lot (more or less 505%) faster with regards to full screen anti-aliasing than the GeForce GT 210, and will be able to handle higher resolutions while still performing well. (explain)

GeForce GT 440 3GB 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.

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Specifications

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Model GeForce GT 210 GeForce GT 440 3GB
Manufacturer nVidia nVidia
Year October 2009 October 2010
Code Name GT218 GF106
Memory 512 MB 3072 MB
Core Speed 589 MHz 594 MHz
Memory Speed 1600 MHz 1800 MHz
Power (Max TDP) 31 watts 56 watts
Bandwidth 12800 MB/sec 43200 MB/sec
Texel Rate 4712 Mtexels/sec 14256 Mtexels/sec
Pixel Rate 2356 Mpixels/sec 14256 Mpixels/sec
Unified Shaders 16 144
Texture Mapping Units 8 24
Render Output Units 4 24
Bus Type DDR3 GDDR3
Bus Width 64-bit 192-bit
Fab Process 40 nm 40 nm
Transistors 260 million 1170 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 largest amount of data (measured in MB per second) that can be transported past the external memory interface in a second. The number is calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by the speed of its memory. In the case of DDR memory, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the bandwidth is, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that can be processed per second. This figure is worked out by multiplying the total texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the graphics card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed 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 a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the amount of ROPs by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel output rate is also dependant on many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.

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