GeForce 810M vs GeForce GT 230

Intro

Compare those specifications to the GeForce GT 230, which features GPU clock speed of 550 MHz, and 1536 MB of DDR3 RAM set to run at 800 MHz through a 192-bit bus. It also features 32 Stream Processors, 16 Texture Address Units, and 8 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce 810M		15 Watts
GeForce GT 230		65 Watts
	Difference: 50 Watts (333%)

Memory Bandwidth

Theoretically speaking, the GeForce GT 230 should be 167% quicker than the GeForce 810M in general, because of its greater data rate. (explain)

GeForce GT 230		38400 MB/sec
GeForce 810M		14400 MB/sec
	Difference: 24000 (167%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GT 230 is much (about 49%) better at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce 810M. (explain)

GeForce GT 230		8800 Mtexels/sec
GeForce 810M		5904 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 2896 (49%)

Pixel Rate

If using a high resolution is important to you, then the GeForce GT 230 is the winner, by a large margin. (explain)

GeForce GT 230		4400 Mpixels/sec
GeForce 810M		2952 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 1448 (49%)

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: Bandwidth is the max amount of data (in units of MB per second) that can be moved past 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 type memory, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the bandwidth is, 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 amount of texture map elements (texels) that can be processed per second. This is worked out by multiplying the total number 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 processed in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics card could possibly record to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number 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 filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel output rate also depends on lots of 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.