NVIDIA GeForce 210 PCI vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 230
Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 210 PCI and NVIDIA GeForce GT 230 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), Geekbench - OpenCL.
Differences
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 210 PCI
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 55 nm
- 2.4x lower typical power consumption: 31 Watt vs 75 Watt
Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm vs 55 nm |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 31 Watt vs 75 Watt |
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 230
- Around 37% higher core clock speed: 650 MHz vs 475 MHz
- 4.1x more texture fill rate: 15.6 GTexel / s vs 3.8 GTexel / s
- 3x more pipelines: 48 vs 16
- 4.4x better floating-point performance: 156 gflops vs 35.2 gflops
- 2.3x more memory clock speed: 1800 MHz vs 800 MHz
Core clock speed | 650 MHz vs 475 MHz |
Texture fill rate | 15.6 GTexel / s vs 3.8 GTexel / s |
Pipelines | 48 vs 16 |
Floating-point performance | 156 gflops vs 35.2 gflops |
Memory clock speed | 1800 MHz vs 800 MHz |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 210 PCI
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 230
Name | NVIDIA GeForce 210 PCI | NVIDIA GeForce GT 230 |
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PassMark - G3D Mark | 323 | |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 70 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3233 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3233 | |
Geekbench - OpenCL | 6073 |
Compare specifications (specs)
NVIDIA GeForce 210 PCI | NVIDIA GeForce GT 230 | |
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Essentials |
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Architecture | Tesla 2.0 | Tesla |
Code name | GT216 | G94B |
Launch date | 12 October 2009 | 12 October 2009 |
Place in performance rating | not rated | 1421 |
Type | Desktop | Desktop |
Launch price (MSRP) | $43.99 | |
Price now | $43.99 | |
Value for money (0-100) | 13.94 | |
Technical info |
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Core clock speed | 475 MHz | 650 MHz |
Floating-point performance | 35.2 gflops | 156 gflops |
Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm | 55 nm |
Pipelines | 16 | 48 |
Texture fill rate | 3.8 GTexel / s | 15.6 GTexel / s |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 31 Watt | 75 Watt |
Transistor count | 486 million | 505 million |
Video outputs and ports |
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Display Connectors | No outputs | No outputs |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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Interface | PCI | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
Length | 145 mm | |
Supplementary power connectors | None | None |
API support |
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DirectX | 10.1 | 10.0 |
OpenGL | 3.3 | 3.3 |
Memory |
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Maximum RAM amount | 512 MB | 512 MB |
Memory bandwidth | 6.4 GB / s | 57.6 GB / s |
Memory bus width | 64 Bit | 256 Bit |
Memory clock speed | 800 MHz | 1800 MHz |
Memory type | DDR2 | GDDR3 |