NVIDIA GeForce 210 Rev. 2 vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 230

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 210 Rev. 2 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.

NVIDIA GeForce 210 Rev. 2

NVIDIA GeForce GT 230

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 210 Rev. 2

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 25% higher core clock speed: 650 MHz vs 520 MHz
2.3x more memory clock speed: 1800 MHz vs 800 MHz

Core clock speed	650 MHz vs 520 MHz
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz vs 800 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 210 Rev. 2
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 230

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 210 Rev. 2	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 Rev. 2	NVIDIA GeForce GT 230
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla 2.0	Tesla
Code name	GT218	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	520 MHz	650 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	55 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	31 Watt	75 Watt
Transistor count	260 million	505 million
Floating-point performance		156 gflops
Pipelines		48
Texture fill rate		15.6 GTexel / s
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x DisplayPort, 1x VGA	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	168 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	10.1	10.0
OpenGL	3.3	3.3
Memory
Memory clock speed	800 MHz	1800 MHz
Maximum RAM amount		512 MB
Memory bandwidth		57.6 GB / s
Memory bus width		256 Bit
Memory type		GDDR3