NVIDIA GeForce 210 vs NVIDIA GeForce 7300 SE

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 210 and NVIDIA GeForce 7300 SE 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 7300 SE

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 210

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 6 month(s) later
3.1x more core clock speed: 1402 MHz vs 450 MHz
3x more texture fill rate: 4.16 GTexel / s vs 1.4 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 90 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 256 MB
3.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 126 vs 39
6.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 688 vs 112
6.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 688 vs 112

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	12 October 2009 vs 22 March 2006
Core clock speed	1402 MHz vs 450 MHz
Texture fill rate	4.16 GTexel / s vs 1.4 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 90 nm
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 256 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	126 vs 39
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	688 vs 112
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	688 vs 112

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 7300 SE

Around 33% higher memory clock speed: 666 MHz vs 500 MHz
8.4x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 251 vs 30

Specifications (specs)
Memory clock speed	666 MHz vs 500 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	251 vs 30

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 210
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 7300 SE

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

126

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

251

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

688

112

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

688

112

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 210	NVIDIA GeForce 7300 SE
PassMark - G3D Mark	126	39
PassMark - G2D Mark	30	251
Geekbench - OpenCL	2438
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	497
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	497
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	688	112
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	688	112

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 210	NVIDIA GeForce 7300 SE
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla 2.0	Curie
Code name	GT218	G72
Launch date	12 October 2009	22 March 2006
Launch price (MSRP)	$29.49
Place in performance rating	1674	1260
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	1.4 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	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	8.0 GB / s	5.33 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	500 MHz	666 MHz
Memory type	GDDR2	DDR2
Technologies
CUDA