GeForce GT 210 vs GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448

Intro

Compare that to the GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448, which comes with clock speeds of 732 MHz on the GPU, and 900 MHz on the 1280 MB of GDDR5 RAM. It features 448 SPUs as well as 56 TAUs and 40 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GT 210		31 Watts
GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448		210 Watts
	Difference: 179 Watts (577%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448 should theoretically be a lot faster than the GeForce GT 210 in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448		144000 MB/sec
GeForce GT 210		12800 MB/sec
	Difference: 131200 (1025%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448 is much (about 770%) better at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GT 210. (explain)

GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448		40992 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GT 210		4712 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 36280 (770%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448 should be quite a bit (approximately 1143%) more effective at AA than the GeForce GT 210, and also able to handle higher screen resolutions without losing too much performance. (explain)

GeForce GTX 560 Ti 448		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 maximum amount of data (measured in megabytes per second) that can be transported past the external memory interface within a second. It is calculated by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the card's 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 number of texture map elements (texels) that are applied in one second. This number is calculated by multiplying the total amount of texture units by the core speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the card will be at handling 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 write to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is calculated by multiplying the amount of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel output 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 reach the maximum fill rate.