GeForce 940M vs GeForce GT 210

Intro

Compare all that to the GeForce GT 210, which has GPU core speed of 589 MHz, and 512 MB of DDR3 memory running at 800 MHz through a 64-bit bus. It also is made up of 16 Stream Processors, 8 TAUs, and 4 ROPs.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Memory Bandwidth

As far as performance goes, the GeForce 940M should in theory be much superior to the GeForce GT 210 overall. (explain)

GeForce 940M		16000 MB/sec
GeForce GT 210		12800 MB/sec
	Difference: 3200 (25%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce 940M should be a lot (about 446%) faster with regards to AF than the GeForce GT 210. (explain)

GeForce 940M		25728 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GT 210		4712 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 21016 (446%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce 940M is much (approximately 264%) faster with regards to anti-aliasing than the GeForce GT 210, and should be able to handle higher resolutions without slowing down too much. (explain)

GeForce 940M		8576 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GT 210		2356 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 6220 (264%)

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 (measured in megabytes per second) that can be moved past the external memory interface in a second. It's worked out by multiplying the card's bus width by its memory speed. In the case of DDR type RAM, it must be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by 4 instead. The higher 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 texture map elements (texels) that are processed per second. This number is calculated by multiplying the total amount of texture units by the core clock 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 in a second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the maximum number of pixels the video card could possibly record to its local memory in one second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The number is worked out by multiplying the amount of ROPs by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - sometimes also referred to as Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel rate also depends on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the maximum fill rate.