GeForce 9600 GT 512MB vs GeForce GT 210

Intro

Compare those specifications to the GeForce GT 210, which has a clock frequency of 589 MHz and a DDR3 memory speed of 800 MHz. It also features a 64-bit bus, and makes use of a 40 nm design. It is comprised of 16 SPUs, 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 9600 GT 512MB		95 Watts
	Difference: 64 Watts (206%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce 9600 GT 512MB should in theory be quite a bit faster than the GeForce GT 210 overall. (explain)

GeForce 9600 GT 512MB		57600 MB/sec
GeForce GT 210		12800 MB/sec
	Difference: 44800 (350%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce 9600 GT 512MB should be a lot (more or less 341%) faster with regards to texture filtering than the GeForce GT 210. (explain)

GeForce 9600 GT 512MB		20800 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GT 210		4712 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 16088 (341%)

Pixel Rate

If using high levels of AA is important to you, then the GeForce 9600 GT 512MB is a better choice, and very much so. (explain)

GeForce 9600 GT 512MB		10400 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GT 210		2356 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 8044 (341%)

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 largest amount of information (measured in megabytes per second) that can be transported across the external memory interface in a second. The number is calculated by multiplying the card's bus width by the speed of its memory. 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 faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that can be applied in one second. This figure 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 video card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the graphics card can possibly record to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the number of 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 fill rate also depends on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the max fill rate.