NVIDIA GeForce 210 vs ATI Radeon VE

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 210 and ATI Radeon VE 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 VE

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 210

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 year(s) 7 month(s) later
7.7x more core clock speed: 1402 MHz vs 183 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
Around 37% higher memory clock speed: 500 MHz vs 366 MHz
58.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 117 vs 2

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	12 October 2009 vs 19 February 2001
Core clock speed	1402 MHz vs 183 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 180 nm
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 32 MB
Memory clock speed	500 MHz vs 366 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	117 vs 2

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon VE

132x more texture fill rate: 549 MTexel / s vs 4.16 GTexel / s
Around 35% lower typical power consumption: 23 Watt vs 30.5 Watt
Around 16% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 36 vs 31

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	549 MTexel / s vs 4.16 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	23 Watt vs 30.5 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	36 vs 31

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

117

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 210	ATI Radeon VE
PassMark - G3D Mark	117	2
PassMark - G2D Mark	31	36
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 VE
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla 2.0	Rage 6
Code name	GT218	Rage 6
Launch date	12 October 2009	19 February 2001
Launch price (MSRP)	$29.49
Place in performance rating	1661	1659
Price now	$32.99
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	6.81
Technical info
Core clock speed	1402 MHz	183 MHz
CUDA cores	16
Floating-point performance	39.36 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	180 nm
Maximum GPU temperature	105 °C
Pipelines	16
Texture fill rate	4.16 GTexel / s	549 MTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	30.5 Watt	23 Watt
Transistor count	260 million	30 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	7.0
OpenGL	3.1	1.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	32 MB
Memory bandwidth	8.0 GB / s	2.928 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	500 MHz	366 MHz
Memory type	GDDR2	DDR
Technologies
CUDA