GeForce GT 210 vs GeForce GTX 465

Intro

Compare those specs to the GeForce GTX 465, which features core speeds of 607 MHz on the GPU, and 802 MHz on the 1024 MB of GDDR5 RAM. It features 352 SPUs as well as 44 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 465		200 Watts
	Difference: 169 Watts (545%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce GTX 465 should in theory perform quite a bit faster than the GeForce GT 210 in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 465		102592 MB/sec
GeForce GT 210		12800 MB/sec
	Difference: 89792 (702%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 465 will be quite a bit (more or less 467%) better at texture filtering than the GeForce GT 210. (explain)

GeForce GTX 465		26708 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GT 210		4712 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 21996 (467%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 465 will be quite a bit (about 724%) more effective at FSAA than the GeForce GT 210, and able to handle higher screen resolutions without losing too much performance. (explain)

GeForce GTX 465		19424 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GT 210		2356 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 17068 (724%)

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 max amount of data (in units of MB per second) that can be moved over the external memory interface in one second. The number is calculated by multiplying the card's bus width by the speed of its memory. In the case of DDR memory, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the card's memory bandwidth, the faster 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 number of texture map elements (texels) that are applied per second. This figure is worked out by multiplying the total texture units by the core speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the video card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied per second.

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