GeForce GT 210 vs GeForce GTX 465

Intro

Compare all of that to the GeForce GTX 465, which has clock speeds of 607 MHz on the GPU, and 802 MHz on the 1024 MB of GDDR5 memory. It features 352 SPUs along with 44 Texture Address Units and 32 ROPs.

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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

Theoretically speaking, the GeForce GTX 465 should be 702% quicker than the GeForce GT 210 in general, due to its greater data rate. (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%) faster with regards to anisotropic 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 is much (about 724%) better at full screen anti-aliasing than the GeForce GT 210, and also will be able to handle higher resolutions while still performing well. (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: Memory bandwidth is the max amount of data (counted in MB per second) that can be moved past the external memory interface within a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the interface width by its memory clock speed. If it uses DDR type memory, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the memory bandwidth, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that can be processed per second. This number is worked out by multiplying the total texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels that the graphics card can possibly record to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the amount of colour ROPs by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel rate also depends on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.