NVIDIA GeForce 210 vs NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 210 and NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT 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

NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 210

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 5 month(s) later
4x more core clock speed: 1402 MHz vs 350 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 130 nm
2.2x lower typical power consumption: 30.5 Watt vs 67 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 256 MB

Launch date	12 October 2009 vs 14 April 2004
Core clock speed	1402 MHz vs 350 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 130 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	30.5 Watt vs 67 Watt
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 256 MB

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT

Around 35% higher texture fill rate: 5.6 GTexel / s vs 4.16 GTexel / s
Around 40% higher memory clock speed: 700 MHz vs 500 MHz
Around 13% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 142 vs 126
7.1x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 212 vs 30

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	5.6 GTexel / s vs 4.16 GTexel / s
Memory clock speed	700 MHz vs 500 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	142 vs 126
PassMark - G2D Mark	212 vs 30

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 210
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

126

142

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

212

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 210	NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT
PassMark - G3D Mark	126	142
PassMark - G2D Mark	30	212
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	NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla 2.0	Curie
Code name	GT218	NV40 A1
Launch date	12 October 2009	14 April 2004
Launch price (MSRP)	$29.49
Place in performance rating	1674	849
Price now	$32.99
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	6.81
Technical info
Core clock speed	1402 MHz	350 MHz
CUDA cores	16
Floating-point performance	39.36 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	130 nm
Maximum GPU temperature	105 °C
Pipelines	16
Texture fill rate	4.16 GTexel / s	5.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	30.5 Watt	67 Watt
Transistor count	260 million	222 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 8x
Length	6.60" (16.8 cm)
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x Molex
API support
DirectX	10.1	9.0c
OpenGL	3.1	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	8.0 GB / s	32.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	500 MHz	700 MHz
Memory type	GDDR2	GDDR3
Technologies
CUDA