GeForce GT 210 vs GeForce GTX 560 Ti

Intro

Compare those specifications to the GeForce GTX 560 Ti, which has a clock speed of 822 MHz and a GDDR5 memory speed of 1002 MHz. It also uses a 256-bit memory bus, and makes use of a 40 nm design. It is made up of 384 SPUs, 64 TAUs, and 32 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GT 210		31 Watts
GeForce GTX 560 Ti		170 Watts
	Difference: 139 Watts (448%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce GTX 560 Ti will be 902% faster than the GeForce GT 210 in general, due to its greater bandwidth. (explain)

GeForce GTX 560 Ti		128256 MB/sec
GeForce GT 210		12800 MB/sec
	Difference: 115456 (902%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 560 Ti should be much (approximately 1016%) faster with regards to texture filtering than the GeForce GT 210. (explain)

GeForce GTX 560 Ti		52608 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GT 210		4712 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 47896 (1016%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 560 Ti is quite a bit (approximately 1016%) faster with regards to full screen anti-aliasing than the GeForce GT 210, and also able to handle higher resolutions without slowing down too much. (explain)

GeForce GTX 560 Ti		26304 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GT 210		2356 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 23948 (1016%)

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 max amount of data (measured in megabytes per second) that can be moved across the external memory interface in one second. It's calculated by multiplying the card's bus width by the speed of its memory. If the card has DDR type RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the bandwidth is, the faster 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 can be processed per second. This is worked out by multiplying the total number of texture units by the core speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the video card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the video card can possibly record to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate 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 outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel rate is also dependant on quite a few 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.