NVIDIA GeForce 210 vs NVIDIA GeForce 7200 GS

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 210 and NVIDIA GeForce 7200 GS 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 7200 GS

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 210

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 8 month(s) later
3.1x more core clock speed: 1402 MHz vs 450 MHz
2.3x more texture fill rate: 4.16 GTexel / s vs 1.8 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 90 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 128 MB
5.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 126 vs 23

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	12 October 2009 vs 18 January 2006
Core clock speed	1402 MHz vs 450 MHz
Texture fill rate	4.16 GTexel / s vs 1.8 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 90 nm
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 128 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	126 vs 23

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 7200 GS

Around 34% higher memory clock speed: 668 MHz vs 500 MHz
3.3x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 98 vs 30

Specifications (specs)
Memory clock speed	668 MHz vs 500 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	98 vs 30

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 210
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 7200 GS

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

126

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 210	NVIDIA GeForce 7200 GS
PassMark - G3D Mark	126	23
PassMark - G2D Mark	30	98
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 7200 GS
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla 2.0	Curie
Code name	GT218	G72
Launch date	12 October 2009	18 January 2006
Launch price (MSRP)	$29.49
Place in performance rating	1674	1416
Price now	$32.99
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	6.81
Technical info
Core clock speed	1402 MHz	450 MHz
CUDA cores	16
Floating-point performance	39.36 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	90 nm
Maximum GPU temperature	105 °C
Pipelines	16
Texture fill rate	4.16 GTexel / s	1.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	30.5 Watt
Transistor count	260 million	112 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	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	6.60" (16.8 cm)
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	10.1	9.0c
OpenGL	3.1	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	8.0 GB / s	5.34 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	500 MHz	668 MHz
Memory type	GDDR2	DDR2
Technologies
CUDA