GeForce GT 130 vs GeForce GT 210

Intro

Compare all that to the GeForce GT 210, which makes use of a 40 nm design. nVidia has set the core frequency at 589 MHz. The DDR3 memory runs at a frequency of 800 MHz on this particular card. It features 16 SPUs along with 8 TAUs and 4 Rasterization Operator Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce GT 210		31 Watts
GeForce GT 130		75 Watts
	Difference: 44 Watts (142%)

Memory Bandwidth

The GeForce GT 210 should in theory be just a bit faster than the GeForce GT 130 overall. (explain)

GeForce GT 210		12800 MB/sec
GeForce GT 130		12000 MB/sec
	Difference: 800 (7%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce GT 130 will be quite a bit (approximately 155%) faster with regards to texture filtering than the GeForce GT 210. (explain)

GeForce GT 130		12000 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GT 210		4712 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 7288 (155%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce GT 130 should be a lot (approximately 240%) more effective at full screen anti-aliasing than the GeForce GT 210, and also able to handle higher resolutions without losing too much performance. (explain)

GeForce GT 130		8000 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GT 210		2356 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 5644 (240%)

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 data (in units of megabytes per second) that can be moved past the external memory interface within a second. The number is worked out by multiplying the interface width by its memory clock speed. In the case of DDR type memory, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the bandwidth is, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, High Dynamic Range and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum amount of texture map elements (texels) that can be processed in one second. This number is calculated by multiplying the total number of texture units of the card by the core speed of the chip. The better the texel rate, the better the card will be at handling texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels processed in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the graphics card could possibly write to the 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 clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for outputting the pixels (image) to the screen. The actual pixel 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.