NVIDIA GeForce 210 vs ATI Radeon 7500

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 210 and ATI Radeon 7500 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).

NVIDIA GeForce 210

ATI Radeon 7500

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 210

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 year(s) 1 month(s) later
4.8x more core clock speed: 1402 MHz vs 290 MHz
2.4x more texture fill rate: 4.16 GTexel / s vs 1.74 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 150 nm
8x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 64 MB
Around 9% higher memory clock speed: 500 MHz vs 460 MHz
38.7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 116 vs 3

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	12 October 2009 vs 14 August 2001
Core clock speed	1402 MHz vs 290 MHz
Texture fill rate	4.16 GTexel / s vs 1.74 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 150 nm
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 64 MB
Memory clock speed	500 MHz vs 460 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	116 vs 3

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon 7500

Around 35% lower typical power consumption: 23 Watt vs 30.5 Watt
Around 13% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 35 vs 31

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	23 Watt vs 30.5 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	35 vs 31

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 210
GPU 2: ATI Radeon 7500

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

116

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 210	ATI Radeon 7500
PassMark - G3D Mark	116	3
PassMark - G2D Mark	31	35
Geekbench - OpenCL	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)

	NVIDIA GeForce 210	ATI Radeon 7500
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla 2.0	Rage 7
Code name	GT218	RV200
Launch date	12 October 2009	14 August 2001
Launch price (MSRP)	$29.49
Place in performance rating	1661	1658
Price now	$32.99
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	6.81
Technical info
Core clock speed	1402 MHz	290 MHz
CUDA cores	16
Floating-point performance	39.36 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	150 nm
Maximum GPU temperature	105 °C
Pipelines	16
Texture fill rate	4.16 GTexel / s	1.74 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	30.5 Watt	23 Watt
Transistor count	260 million	60 million
Video outputs and ports
Audio input for HDMI	Internal
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x DisplayPort, 1x VGA, DVIVGADisplayPort	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCI-E 2.0
Height	2.731" (6.9 cm)
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	AGP 4x
Length	6.60" (16.8 cm)
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	10.1	8.1
OpenGL	3.1	1.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	64 MB
Memory bandwidth	8.0 GB / s	7.36 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	500 MHz	460 MHz
Memory type	GDDR2	DDR
Technologies
CUDA