GeForce GT 210 vs GeForce GTX 470

Intro

Compare all that to the GeForce GTX 470, which features a core clock speed of 607 MHz and a GDDR5 memory speed of 837 MHz. It also makes use of a 320-bit memory bus, and makes use of a 40 nm design. It is comprised of 448 SPUs, 56 Texture Address Units, and 40 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GT 210		31 Watts
GeForce GTX 470		215 Watts
	Difference: 184 Watts (594%)

Memory Bandwidth

As far as performance goes, the GeForce GTX 470 should theoretically be much better than the GeForce GT 210 overall. (explain)

GeForce GTX 470		133920 MB/sec
GeForce GT 210		12800 MB/sec
	Difference: 121120 (946%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 470 is a lot (approximately 621%) more effective at AF than the GeForce GT 210. (explain)

GeForce GTX 470		33992 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GT 210		4712 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 29280 (621%)

Pixel Rate

If running with lots of anti-aliasing is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 470 is a better choice, and very much so. (explain)

GeForce GTX 470		24280 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GT 210		2356 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 21924 (931%)

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 maximum amount of information (counted in MB per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface within a second. It is worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR type RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the card's 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 number of texture map elements (texels) that are processed per second. This number is worked out by multiplying the total amount of texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the graphics card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels that the graphics chip can possibly record to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the amount of colour ROPs by the the card's clock speed. 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 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 get to the maximum fill rate.