NVIDIA GeForce 210 PCI vs NVIDIA GeForce2 MX PCI

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 210 PCI and NVIDIA GeForce2 MX PCI videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory.

NVIDIA GeForce 210 PCI

NVIDIA GeForce2 MX PCI

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 210 PCI

Videocard is newer: launch date 9 year(s) 3 month(s) later
2.7x more core clock speed: 475 MHz vs 175 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 180 nm
16x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 32 MB
4.8x more memory clock speed: 800 MHz vs 166 MHz

Launch date	12 October 2009 vs 28 June 2000
Core clock speed	475 MHz vs 175 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 180 nm
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 32 MB
Memory clock speed	800 MHz vs 166 MHz

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce2 MX PCI

184.2x more texture fill rate: 700 MTexel / s vs 3.8 GTexel / s

Texture fill rate	700 MTexel / s vs 3.8 GTexel / s

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 210 PCI	NVIDIA GeForce2 MX PCI
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla 2.0	Celsius
Code name	GT216	NV11 A2
Launch date	12 October 2009	28 June 2000
Place in performance rating	not rated	not rated
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	475 MHz	175 MHz
Floating-point performance	35.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	180 nm
Pipelines	16
Texture fill rate	3.8 GTexel / s	700 MTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	31 Watt
Transistor count	486 million	20 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCI	PCI
Length	145 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	10.1	7.0
OpenGL	3.3	1.2
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	32 MB
Memory bandwidth	6.4 GB / s	664 MB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	32 Bit
Memory clock speed	800 MHz	166 MHz
Memory type	DDR2	SDR