GeForce GT 210 vs GeForce GTX 460 1GB

Intro

Compare that to the GeForce GTX 460 1GB, which makes use of a 40 nm design. nVidia has clocked the core speed at 675 MHz. The GDDR5 memory runs at a speed of 900 MHz on this specific card. It features 336 SPUs as well as 56 TAUs and 32 Rasterization Operator 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

Theoretically speaking, the GeForce GTX 460 1GB should perform much faster 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 should be a lot (approximately 702%) better at AF than the GeForce GT 210. (explain)

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

Pixel Rate

If running with lots of anti-aliasing is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 460 1GB is superior to the GeForce GT 210, by a large margin. (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 data (in units of megabytes per second) that can be transported over the external memory interface within a second. It's worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory clock speed. If the card has DDR memory, it should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The better the memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that are applied in one second. This figure is worked out by multiplying the total amount of texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the 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 the graphics card can possibly record to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the number of Raster Operations Pipelines by the clock speed of the card. 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 output rate also depends on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the maximum fill rate.