GeForce 810M vs GeForce GT 210

Intro

Compare that to the GeForce GT 210, which has GPU core speed of 589 MHz, and 512 MB of DDR3 memory set to run at 800 MHz through a 64-bit bus. It also is comprised of 16 SPUs, 8 TAUs, and 4 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce 810M		15 Watts
GeForce GT 210		31 Watts
	Difference: 16 Watts (107%)

Memory Bandwidth

As far as performance goes, the GeForce 810M should theoretically be a bit superior to the GeForce GT 210 overall. (explain)

GeForce 810M		14400 MB/sec
GeForce GT 210		12800 MB/sec
	Difference: 1600 (13%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce 810M should be much (more or less 25%) faster with regards to texture filtering than the GeForce GT 210. (explain)

GeForce 810M		5904 Mtexels/sec
GeForce GT 210		4712 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 1192 (25%)

Pixel Rate

If running with high levels of AA is important to you, then the GeForce 810M is superior to the GeForce GT 210, by a large margin. (explain)

GeForce 810M		2952 Mpixels/sec
GeForce GT 210		2356 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 596 (25%)

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 over the external memory interface within a second. It is calculated by multiplying the card's interface width by the speed of its memory. If it uses DDR type RAM, the result should be multiplied by 2 once again. If DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The higher the bandwidth is, the faster the card will be in general. It especially helps with AA, HDR and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that can be processed per second. This figure is worked out by multiplying the total texture units of the card by the core clock speed of the chip. The higher the texel rate, the better the 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 number of pixels that the graphics card could possibly record to its local memory in a second - measured in millions of pixels per second. Pixel rate is calculated by multiplying the amount of colour ROPs by the clock 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 rate is also dependant on quite a few other factors, most notably the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the ability to reach the maximum fill rate.