AMD Radeon R2 Graphics vs NVIDIA GeForce 210

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R2 Graphics and NVIDIA GeForce 210 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R2 Graphics

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 4 month(s) later
  • Around 35% higher texture fill rate: 5.6 GTexel / s vs 4.16 GTexel / s
  • 8x more pipelines: 128 vs 16
  • 4.6x better floating-point performance: 179.2 gflops vs 39.36 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
  • 2.1x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 30.5 Watt
  • Around 98% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 250 vs 126
  • 2.2x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 67 vs 30
  • 3x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 7324 vs 2438
  • 2.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 1282 vs 497
  • 2.8x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1912 vs 688
  • 2.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 1282 vs 497
  • 2.8x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1912 vs 688
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 27 February 2015 vs 12 October 2009
Texture fill rate 5.6 GTexel / s vs 4.16 GTexel / s
Pipelines 128 vs 16
Floating-point performance 179.2 gflops vs 39.36 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt vs 30.5 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 250 vs 126
PassMark - G2D Mark 67 vs 30
Geekbench - OpenCL 7324 vs 2438
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1282 vs 497
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1912 vs 688
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1282 vs 497
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1912 vs 688

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 210

  • 2x more core clock speed: 1402 MHz vs 700 MHz
Core clock speed 1402 MHz vs 700 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R2 Graphics
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 210

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
250
126
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
67
30
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
7324
2438
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1282
497
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1912
688
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1282
497
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1912
688
Name AMD Radeon R2 Graphics NVIDIA GeForce 210
PassMark - G3D Mark 250 126
PassMark - G2D Mark 67 30
Geekbench - OpenCL 7324 2438
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 2.751
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 93.854
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.263
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 6.299
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 16.121
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 375
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1282 497
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1912 688
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 375
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1282 497
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1912 688

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon R2 Graphics NVIDIA GeForce 210

Essentials

Architecture GCN 2.0 Tesla 2.0
Code name Beema GT218
Launch date 27 February 2015 12 October 2009
Place in performance rating 1589 1674
Type Desktop Desktop
Launch price (MSRP) $29.49
Price now $32.99
Value for money (0-100) 6.81

Technical info

Core clock speed 700 MHz 1402 MHz
Floating-point performance 179.2 gflops 39.36 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 128 16
Texture fill rate 5.6 GTexel / s 4.16 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt 30.5 Watt
Transistor count 930 million 260 million
CUDA cores 16
Maximum GPU temperature 105 °C

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 1x DVI, 1x DisplayPort, 1x VGA, DVIVGADisplayPort
Audio input for HDMI Internal
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
Multi monitor support

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface IGP PCIe 2.0 x16
Bus support PCI-E 2.0
Height 2.731" (6.9 cm)
Length 6.60" (16.8 cm)
Supplementary power connectors None

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_0) 10.1
OpenGL 4.5 3.1

Memory

Memory type System Shared GDDR2
Maximum RAM amount 512 MB
Memory bandwidth 8.0 GB / s
Memory bus width 64 Bit
Memory clock speed 500 MHz

Technologies

CUDA