GeForce GT 210 vs GeForce GTX 560

Intro

Compare those specifications to the GeForce GTX 560, which features a clock frequency of 810 MHz and a GDDR5 memory frequency of 1001 MHz. It also uses a 256-bit memory bus, and makes use of a 40 nm design. It is comprised of 336 SPUs, 56 TAUs, and 32 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GT 210		31 Watts
GeForce GTX 560		150 Watts
	Difference: 119 Watts (384%)

Memory Bandwidth

Performance-wise, the GeForce GTX 560 should theoretically be a lot superior to the GeForce GT 210 in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 560		128128 MB/sec
GeForce GT 210		12800 MB/sec
	Difference: 115328 (901%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 560 should be quite a bit (approximately 863%) more effective at texture filtering than the GeForce GT 210. (explain)

GeForce GTX 560		45360 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GT 210		4712 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 40648 (863%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 560 is a lot (more or less 1000%) better at full screen anti-aliasing than the GeForce GT 210, and should be able to handle higher resolutions while still performing well. (explain)

GeForce GTX 560		25920 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GT 210		2356 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 23564 (1000%)

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 largest amount of information (counted 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 its memory clock speed. If the card has DDR RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the card's memory bandwidth, 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 texture map elements (texels) that are processed per second. This figure is worked out 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 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 card can possibly record to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the number of Raster Operations Pipelines by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel 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 max fill rate.