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GeForce 8800 GTS (G92) vs GeForce GT 210

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The GeForce 8800 GTS (G92) has a core clock speed of 650 MHz and a GDDR3 memory speed of 970 MHz. It also makes use of a 256-bit memory bus, and uses a 65 nm design. It is comprised of 128 SPUs, 64 Texture Address Units, and 16 Raster Operation Units.

Compare those specs to the GeForce GT 210, which has a clock speed 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 TAUs, and 4 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GT 210 31 Watts
GeForce 8800 GTS (G92) 135 Watts
Difference: 104 Watts (335%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically, the GeForce 8800 GTS (G92) should perform much faster than the GeForce GT 210 in general. (explain)

GeForce 8800 GTS (G92) 62080 MB/sec
GeForce GT 210 12800 MB/sec
Difference: 49280 (385%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce 8800 GTS (G92) should be much (more or less 783%) better at AF than the GeForce GT 210. (explain)

GeForce 8800 GTS (G92) 41600 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GT 210 4712 Mtexels/sec
Difference: 36888 (783%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce 8800 GTS (G92) should be a lot (about 341%) faster with regards to full screen anti-aliasing than the GeForce GT 210, and will be able to handle higher screen resolutions while still performing well. (explain)

GeForce 8800 GTS (G92) 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.

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Specifications

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Model GeForce 8800 GTS (G92) GeForce GT 210
Manufacturer nVidia nVidia
Year Dec 2007 October 2009
Code Name G92 GT218
Memory 512 MB 512 MB
Core Speed 650 MHz 589 MHz
Memory Speed 1940 MHz 1600 MHz
Power (Max TDP) 135 watts 31 watts
Bandwidth 62080 MB/sec 12800 MB/sec
Texel Rate 41600 Mtexels/sec 4712 Mtexels/sec
Pixel Rate 10400 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: Bandwidth is the max amount of information (counted in MB per second) that can be transported over the external memory interface in one second. It is worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by the speed of its memory. If the card has DDR type memory, it should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the 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 texture map elements (texels) that are applied per second. This is calculated by multiplying the total amount of texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the 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 most pixels the video card can possibly write to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is calculated by multiplying the amount of Raster Operations Pipelines 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 output rate also depends on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the maximum fill rate.

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GeForce 8800 GTS (G92)

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