GeForce GT 210 vs GeForce GT 450 (OEM)

Intro

Compare all of that to the GeForce GT 450 (OEM), which features a GPU core clock speed of 790 MHz, and 1536 MB of GDDR5 memory set to run at 1000 MHz through a 192-bit bus. It also features 144 SPUs, 24 Texture Address Units, and 24 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GT 210		31 Watts
GeForce GT 450 (OEM)		106 Watts
	Difference: 75 Watts (242%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce GT 450 (OEM) should perform a lot faster than the GeForce GT 210 in general. (explain)

GeForce GT 450 (OEM)		96000 MB/sec
GeForce GT 210		12800 MB/sec
	Difference: 83200 (650%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GT 450 (OEM) will be quite a bit (more or less 302%) more effective at texture filtering than the GeForce GT 210. (explain)

GeForce GT 450 (OEM)		18960 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GT 210		4712 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 14248 (302%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GT 450 (OEM) is quite a bit (about 705%) better at FSAA than the GeForce GT 210, and also will be able to handle higher resolutions better. (explain)

GeForce GT 450 (OEM)		18960 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GT 210		2356 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 16604 (705%)

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 max amount of data (measured in megabytes per second) that can be moved across the external memory interface in one second. It is worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory clock speed. If it uses DDR RAM, the result 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 higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that are applied per second. This is worked out by multiplying the total amount of texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the video card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed in a second.

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