GeForce GT 210 vs GeForce GTX 965M

Intro

Compare that to the GeForce GTX 965M, which comes with core speeds of 944 MHz on the GPU, and 1000 MHz on the 2048 MB of GDDR5 memory. It features 1024 SPUs as well as 64 Texture Address Units and 32 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GT 210		31 Watts
GeForce GTX 965M		60 Watts
	Difference: 29 Watts (94%)

Memory Bandwidth

As far as performance goes, the GeForce GTX 965M should theoretically be much superior to the GeForce GT 210 in general. (explain)

GeForce GTX 965M		64000 MB/sec
GeForce GT 210		12800 MB/sec
	Difference: 51200 (400%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 965M is quite a bit (more or less 1182%) better at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GT 210. (explain)

GeForce GTX 965M		60416 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GT 210		4712 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 55704 (1182%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GTX 965M is much (about 1182%) more effective at AA than the GeForce GT 210, and also should be capable of handling higher resolutions better. (explain)

GeForce GTX 965M		30208 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GT 210		2356 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 27852 (1182%)

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 information (in units of MB per second) that can be transferred across the external memory interface in one second. It's worked out by multiplying the interface width by the speed of its memory. If the card has DDR memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the bandwidth is, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum number of texture map elements (texels) that can be applied in one second. This number is calculated by multiplying the total texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher this number, the better the video 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 maximum amount of pixels the graphics card can possibly write to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the number of colour ROPs 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 rate also depends on lots of other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to reach the maximum fill rate.