GeForce GT 210 vs GeForce GTX 1050

Intro

Compare all of that to the GeForce GTX 1050, which makes use of a 14 nm design. nVidia has set the core frequency at 1354 MHz. The GDDR5 memory is set to run at a frequency of 1750 MHz on this specific card. It features 640 SPUs as well as 40 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 1050		75 Watts
	Difference: 44 Watts (142%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce GTX 1050 should in theory be quite a bit faster than the GeForce GT 210 overall. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050		114688 MB/sec
GeForce GT 210		12800 MB/sec
	Difference: 101888 (796%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GTX 1050 should be much (more or less 1049%) better at texture filtering than the GeForce GT 210. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050		54160 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GT 210		4712 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 49448 (1049%)

Pixel Rate

If using a high resolution is important to you, then the GeForce GTX 1050 is a better choice, by a large margin. (explain)

GeForce GTX 1050		43328 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GT 210		2356 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 40972 (1739%)

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 past the external memory interface in one second. It's worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory clock speed. In the case of DDR memory, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher the 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 amount of texture map elements (texels) that can be applied in one second. This number is worked out by multiplying the total amount of texture units by the core clock speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the graphics card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the graphics card can possibly record to the local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the amount of ROPs by the the core clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel output rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the memory bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the maximum fill rate.