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
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

Essentials

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

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

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCI PCIe 2.0 x16
Length 145 mm
Supplementary power connectors None None

API support

DirectX 10.1 10.0
OpenGL 3.3 3.3

Memory

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

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