GeForce GT 210 vs GeForce GTX 590

Intro

Compare all of that to the GeForce GTX 590, which has a clock speed of 607 MHz and a GDDR5 memory frequency of 855 MHz. It also uses a 384-bit bus, and uses a 40 nm design. It features 512 SPUs, 64 TAUs, and 48 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GT 210		31 Watts
GeForce GTX 590		365 Watts
	Difference: 334 Watts (1077%)

Memory Bandwidth

As far as performance goes, the GeForce GTX 590 should in theory be quite a bit superior to the GeForce GT 210 overall. (explain)

GeForce GTX 590		328320 MB/sec
GeForce GT 210		12800 MB/sec
	Difference: 315520 (2465%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 590 will be a lot (more or less 1549%) faster with regards to anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GT 210. (explain)

GeForce GTX 590		77696 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GT 210		4712 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 72984 (1549%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 590 will be a lot (more or less 2373%) faster with regards to full screen anti-aliasing than the GeForce GT 210, and also able to handle higher screen resolutions without slowing down too much. (explain)

GeForce GTX 590		58272 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GT 210		2356 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 55916 (2373%)

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.

One or more cards in this comparison are multi-core. This means that their bandwidth, texel and pixel rates are theoretically doubled - this does not mean the card will actually perform twice as fast, but only that it should in theory be able to. Actual game benchmarks will give a more accurate idea of what it's capable of.

Price Comparison

Specifications

Memory Bandwidth: Bandwidth is the maximum amount of information (measured in megabytes per second) that can be moved over the external memory interface in a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by the speed of its memory. In the case of DDR memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 once 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 higher screen resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum 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 clock speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the video card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels the graphics card can possibly write to the local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the amount of ROPs by the clock speed of the card. 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 output rate also depends on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the maximum fill rate.