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GeForce 9800 GTX vs GeForce GT 210

Intro

The GeForce 9800 GTX comes with a clock speed of 675 MHz and a GDDR3 memory frequency of 1100 MHz. It also features a 256-bit bus, and makes use of a 65 nm design. It is comprised of 128 SPUs, 64 TAUs, and 16 Raster Operation Units.

Compare all of that to the GeForce GT 210, which uses a 40 nm design. nVidia has set the core speed at 589 MHz. The DDR3 RAM is set to run at a frequency of 800 MHz on this particular model. It features 16 SPUs as well as 8 Texture Address Units and 4 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GT 210 31 Watts
GeForce 9800 GTX 140 Watts
Difference: 109 Watts (352%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the GeForce 9800 GTX should perform a lot faster than the GeForce GT 210 overall. (explain)

GeForce 9800 GTX 70400 MB/sec
GeForce GT 210 12800 MB/sec
Difference: 57600 (450%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce 9800 GTX will be much (approximately 817%) more effective at texture filtering than the GeForce GT 210. (explain)

GeForce 9800 GTX 43200 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GT 210 4712 Mtexels/sec
Difference: 38488 (817%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce 9800 GTX is a lot (approximately 358%) faster with regards to AA than the GeForce GT 210, and should be able to handle higher screen resolutions better. (explain)

GeForce 9800 GTX 10800 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GT 210 2356 Mpixels/sec
Difference: 8444 (358%)

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

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Specifications

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Model GeForce 9800 GTX GeForce GT 210
Manufacturer nVidia nVidia
Year April 2008 October 2009
Code Name G92 GT218
Memory 512 MB 512 MB
Core Speed 675 MHz 589 MHz
Memory Speed 2200 MHz 1600 MHz
Power (Max TDP) 140 watts 31 watts
Bandwidth 70400 MB/sec 12800 MB/sec
Texel Rate 43200 Mtexels/sec 4712 Mtexels/sec
Pixel Rate 10800 Mpixels/sec 2356 Mpixels/sec
Unified Shaders 128 16
Texture Mapping Units 64 8
Render Output Units 16 4
Bus Type GDDR3 DDR3
Bus Width 256-bit 64-bit
Fab Process 65 nm 40 nm
Transistors 754 million 260 million
Bus PCIe x16 2.0 PCIe 2.0
DirectX Version DirectX 10 DirectX 10.1
OpenGL Version OpenGL 3.0 OpenGL 3.2

Memory Bandwidth: Memory bandwidth is the maximum amount of data (counted in megabytes per second) that can be moved over the external memory interface within a second. It is worked out by multiplying the card's interface width by its memory speed. If it uses DDR type RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the bandwidth is, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that are processed in one second. This number is worked out by multiplying the total texture units of the card 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 applied in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the graphics card can possibly write to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the amount of colour ROPs by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also called Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the max fill rate.

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GeForce 9800 GTX

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GeForce GT 210

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