NVIDIA GeForce 210 vs Intel GMA X4500

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 210 and Intel GMA X4500 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

Intel GMA X4500

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 210

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 1 month(s) later
2.6x more core clock speed: 1402 MHz vs 533 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 65 nm

Launch date	12 October 2009 vs 1 September 2008
Core clock speed	1402 MHz vs 533 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 65 nm

Reasons to consider the Intel GMA X4500

2.4x lower typical power consumption: 13 Watt vs 30.5 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	13 Watt vs 30.5 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 210
GPU 2: Intel GMA X4500

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 210	Intel GMA X4500
PassMark - G3D Mark	126
PassMark - G2D Mark	30
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	Intel GMA X4500
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla 2.0	Generation 5.0
Code name	GT218	Eaglelake
Launch date	12 October 2009	1 September 2008
Launch price (MSRP)	$29.49
Place in performance rating	1674	not rated
Price now	$32.99
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	6.81
Technical info
Core clock speed	1402 MHz	533 MHz
CUDA cores	16
Floating-point performance	39.36 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	65 nm
Maximum GPU temperature	105 °C
Pipelines	16
Texture fill rate	4.16 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	30.5 Watt	13 Watt
Transistor count	260 million
Video outputs and ports
Audio input for HDMI	Internal
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x DisplayPort, 1x VGA, DVIVGADisplayPort	No outputs
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	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	6.60" (16.8 cm)
Supplementary power connectors	None
API support
DirectX	10.1	10.0
OpenGL	3.1	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	8.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	500 MHz
Memory type	GDDR2
Technologies
CUDA