GeForce GT 1030 vs GeForce GT 210

Intro

Compare those specifications to the GeForce GT 210, which has core speeds of 589 MHz on the GPU, and 800 MHz on the 512 MB of DDR3 memory. It features 16 SPUs as well as 8 TAUs and 4 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GT 1030		30 Watts
GeForce GT 210		31 Watts
	Difference: 1 Watts (3%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce GT 1030 is 284% quicker than the GeForce GT 210 overall, due to its greater bandwidth. (explain)

GeForce GT 1030		49152 MB/sec
GeForce GT 210		12800 MB/sec
	Difference: 36352 (284%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GT 1030 should be a lot (about 759%) more effective at texture filtering than the GeForce GT 210. (explain)

GeForce GT 1030		40480 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GT 210		4712 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 35768 (759%)

Pixel Rate

If using high levels of AA is important to you, then the GeForce GT 1030 is a better choice, and very much so. (explain)

GeForce GT 1030		20240 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GT 210		2356 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 17884 (759%)

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 (measured in MB per second) that can be moved past the external memory interface in a second. It is calculated by multiplying the card's bus width by the speed of its memory. If the card has DDR type RAM, it should 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 applied per second. This is calculated by multiplying the total texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels applied in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the video card could 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 Raster Operations Pipelines by the the card's clock speed. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for filling the screen with pixels (the image). The actual pixel rate also depends on many other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the max fill rate.