GeForce GT 210 vs GeForce GTX 460 1GB

Intro

Compare all that to the GeForce GTX 460 1GB, which has GPU clock speed of 675 MHz, and 1024 MB of GDDR5 RAM running at 900 MHz through a 256-bit bus. It also is comprised of 336 Stream Processors, 56 Texture Address Units, and 32 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GT 210		31 Watts
GeForce GTX 460 1GB		160 Watts
	Difference: 129 Watts (416%)

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the GeForce GTX 460 1GB should in theory be a lot better than the GeForce GT 210 in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 460 1GB		115200 MB/sec
GeForce GT 210		12800 MB/sec
	Difference: 102400 (800%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 460 1GB will be much (approximately 702%) better at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GT 210. (explain)

GeForce GTX 460 1GB		37800 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GT 210		4712 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 33088 (702%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 460 1GB will be a lot (more or less 817%) faster with regards to FSAA than the GeForce GT 210, and will be capable of handling higher resolutions better. (explain)

GeForce GTX 460 1GB		21600 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GT 210		2356 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 19244 (817%)

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 maximum amount of information (counted in megabytes per second) that can be moved across the external memory interface in one second. It is worked out by multiplying the bus width by the speed of its memory. In the case of DDR type memory, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the card's memory bandwidth, the better 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 texture map elements (texels) that can be applied in one second. This number is calculated by multiplying the total amount of 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 per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the video card could possibly write to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the amount of ROPs by the the core 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 also depends on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the maximum fill rate.