GeForce GT 210 vs GeForce GTX 460

Intro

Compare those specifications to the GeForce GTX 460, which makes use of a 40 nm design. nVidia has set the core frequency at 675 MHz. The GDDR5 memory runs at a frequency of 900 MHz on this particular model. It features 336 SPUs along with 56 Texture Address Units and 24 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GT 210		31 Watts
GeForce GTX 460		150 Watts
	Difference: 119 Watts (384%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce GTX 460 should in theory perform much faster than the GeForce GT 210 overall. (explain)

GeForce GTX 460		86400 MB/sec
GeForce GT 210		12800 MB/sec
	Difference: 73600 (575%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 460 should be quite a bit (more or less 702%) faster with regards to texture filtering than the GeForce GT 210. (explain)

GeForce GTX 460		37800 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GT 210		4712 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 33088 (702%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 460 should be a lot (about 588%) more effective at full screen anti-aliasing than the GeForce GT 210, and will be able to handle higher resolutions more effectively. (explain)

GeForce GTX 460		16200 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GT 210		2356 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 13844 (588%)

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 largest amount of data (in units of MB per second) that can be transported across the external memory interface within a second. It is calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory clock speed. In the case of DDR type RAM, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher 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 are processed in one second. This figure is calculated by multiplying the total amount of texture units by the core 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 processed per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the graphics card could possibly write to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the amount of Raster Operations Pipelines by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel output rate is also dependant on many other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the max fill rate.