GeForce GT 210 vs GeForce GT 430 1GB

Intro

Compare that to the GeForce GT 430 1GB, which has GPU clock speed of 700 MHz, and 1024 MB of GDDR3 RAM running at 900 MHz through a 128-bit bus. It also is comprised of 96 Stream Processors, 16 TAUs, and 4 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GT 210		31 Watts
GeForce GT 430 1GB		60 Watts
	Difference: 29 Watts (94%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce GT 430 1GB is 125% quicker than the GeForce GT 210 in general, because of its greater bandwidth. (explain)

GeForce GT 430 1GB		28800 MB/sec
GeForce GT 210		12800 MB/sec
	Difference: 16000 (125%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GT 430 1GB should be much (about 138%) more effective at anisotropic filtering than the GeForce GT 210. (explain)

GeForce GT 430 1GB		11200 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GT 210		4712 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 6488 (138%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GT 430 1GB will be just a bit (about 19%) better at FSAA than the GeForce GT 210, and also will be able to handle higher resolutions more effectively. (explain)

GeForce GT 430 1GB		2800 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GT 210		2356 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 444 (19%)

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

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that are applied in one second. This figure is worked out by multiplying the total number of texture units by the core speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the graphics card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed per second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum amount of pixels that the graphics card can possibly write to its local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is worked out by multiplying the amount of Raster Operations Pipelines by the the core speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - also sometimes called Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel fill rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, especially the memory bandwidth - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to get to the maximum fill rate.