GeForce GT 130 vs GeForce GT 210

Intro

Compare those specifications to the GeForce GT 210, which features core speeds of 589 MHz on the GPU, and 800 MHz on the 512 MB of DDR3 RAM. It features 16 SPUs as well as 8 Texture Address Units and 4 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GT 210		31 Watts
GeForce GT 130		75 Watts
	Difference: 44 Watts (142%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the GeForce GT 210 should be a little bit faster than the GeForce GT 130 overall. (explain)

GeForce GT 210		12800 MB/sec
GeForce GT 130		12000 MB/sec
	Difference: 800 (7%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GT 130 should be quite a bit (more or less 155%) better at AF than the GeForce GT 210. (explain)

GeForce GT 130		12000 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GT 210		4712 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 7288 (155%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GT 130 will be much (approximately 240%) more effective at AA than the GeForce GT 210, and also will be able to handle higher screen resolutions without losing too much performance. (explain)

GeForce GT 130		8000 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GT 210		2356 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 5644 (240%)

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 MB per second) that can be transferred across the external memory interface in a second. The number is calculated by multiplying the bus width by the speed of its memory. If it uses DDR type memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that are processed in one second. This number is calculated 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 handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels that the graphics card could possibly record to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the amount of Render Output Units by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the max fill rate.