GeForce GT 210 vs GeForce GTX 570

Intro

Compare those specs to the GeForce GTX 570, which has GPU clock speed of 732 MHz, and 1280 MB of GDDR5 memory set to run at 950 MHz through a 320-bit bus. It also is made up of 480 SPUs, 60 TAUs, 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 570		219 Watts
	Difference: 188 Watts (606%)

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the GeForce GTX 570 should theoretically be much better than the GeForce GT 210 in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 570		152000 MB/sec
GeForce GT 210		12800 MB/sec
	Difference: 139200 (1088%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 570 is a lot (more or less 832%) better at AF than the GeForce GT 210. (explain)

GeForce GTX 570		43920 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GT 210		4712 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 39208 (832%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 570 will be much (more or less 1143%) faster with regards to FSAA than the GeForce GT 210, and also should be able to handle higher resolutions without losing too much performance. (explain)

GeForce GTX 570		29280 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GT 210		2356 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 26924 (1143%)

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 max amount of information (in units of megabytes per second) that can be transferred over the external memory interface in one second. The number is calculated by multiplying the bus width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that can be processed in one second. This figure is calculated by multiplying the total amount of texture units of the card by the core 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 per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels that the graphics card can possibly write to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the amount of colour ROPs by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel output rate also depends on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the max fill rate.