AMD Radeon R7 A265 vs NVIDIA GeForce 210

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R7 A265 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, GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

AMD Radeon R7 A265

NVIDIA GeForce 210

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 A265

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 2 month(s) later
4.8x more texture fill rate: 19.8 GTexel / s vs 4.16 GTexel / s
24x more pipelines: 384 vs 16
16.1x better floating-point performance: 633.6 gflops vs 39.36 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 512 MB
3.6x more memory clock speed: 1800 MHz vs 500 MHz
7.9x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 994 vs 126
15.6x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 468 vs 30
2.8x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 6925 vs 2438

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	9 January 2014 vs 12 October 2009
Texture fill rate	19.8 GTexel / s vs 4.16 GTexel / s
Pipelines	384 vs 16
Floating-point performance	633.6 gflops vs 39.36 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz vs 500 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	994 vs 126
PassMark - G2D Mark	468 vs 30
Geekbench - OpenCL	6925 vs 2438

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 210

Around 93% higher core clock speed: 1402 MHz vs 725 MHz

Core clock speed	1402 MHz vs 725 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R7 A265
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 210

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

994

126

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

468

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

6925

2438

Name	AMD Radeon R7 A265	NVIDIA GeForce 210
PassMark - G3D Mark	994	126
PassMark - G2D Mark	468	30
Geekbench - OpenCL	6925	2438
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		497
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		497
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		688
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		688

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R7 A265	NVIDIA GeForce 210
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	Tesla 2.0
Code name	Opal	GT218
Launch date	9 January 2014	12 October 2009
Place in performance rating	484	1674
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$29.49
Price now		$32.99
Value for money (0-100)		6.81
Technical info
Boost clock speed	825 MHz
Core clock speed	725 MHz	1402 MHz
Floating-point performance	633.6 gflops	39.36 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	384	16
Texture fill rate	19.8 GTexel / s	4.16 GTexel / s
Transistor count	1,040 million	260 million
CUDA cores		16
Maximum GPU temperature		105 °C
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		30.5 Watt
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	PCIe 3.0 x8	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 (11_1)	10.1
OpenGL	4.5	3.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	28.8 GB / s	8.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz	500 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	GDDR2
Technologies
CUDA