GeForce GT 210 vs GeForce GTX 280

Intro

Compare those specs to the GeForce GTX 280, which features a core clock speed of 602 MHz and a GDDR3 memory frequency of 1107 MHz. It also features a 512-bit bus, and makes use of a 65 nm design. It is comprised of 240 SPUs, 80 TAUs, and 32 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GT 210		31 Watts
GeForce GTX 280		236 Watts
	Difference: 205 Watts (661%)

Memory Bandwidth

As far as performance goes, the GeForce GTX 280 should theoretically be a lot superior to the GeForce GT 210 in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 280		141696 MB/sec
GeForce GT 210		12800 MB/sec
	Difference: 128896 (1007%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 280 is much (approximately 922%) more effective at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GT 210. (explain)

GeForce GTX 280		48160 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GT 210		4712 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 43448 (922%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 280 will be quite a bit (more or less 718%) better at anti-aliasing than the GeForce GT 210, and will be capable of handling higher resolutions better. (explain)

GeForce GTX 280		19264 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GT 210		2356 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 16908 (718%)

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 largest amount of data (in units of megabytes per second) that can be transported past the external memory interface in one second. It is calculated by multiplying the interface width by its memory clock speed. If the card has DDR memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the card's memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that can be applied per second. This figure is worked out by multiplying the total number of texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the video 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 amount of pixels that the graphics card can possibly write to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the number of Render Output Units 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 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 max fill rate.