NVIDIA GeForce 210 vs NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 210 and NVIDIA GeForce 8500 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 8500 GT

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 210

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 5 month(s) later
3.1x more core clock speed: 1402 MHz vs 459 MHz
Around 16% higher texture fill rate: 4.16 GTexel / s vs 3.6 billion / sec
Around 34% better floating-point performance: 39.36 gflops vs 29.376 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 80 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 256 MB

Launch date	12 October 2009 vs 17 April 2007
Core clock speed	1402 MHz vs 459 MHz
Texture fill rate	4.16 GTexel / s vs 3.6 billion / sec
Floating-point performance	39.36 gflops vs 29.376 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 80 nm
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 256 MB

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT

Around 3% lower typical power consumption: 30 Watt vs 30.5 Watt
Around 60% higher memory clock speed: 800 MHz vs 500 MHz
Around 21% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 139 vs 115
Around 6% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 33 vs 31
Around 45% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 996 vs 688
Around 45% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 996 vs 688

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	30 Watt vs 30.5 Watt
Memory clock speed	800 MHz vs 500 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	139 vs 115
PassMark - G2D Mark	33 vs 31
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	996 vs 688
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	996 vs 688

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 210
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

115

139

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

688

996

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

688

996

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 210	NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT
PassMark - G3D Mark	115	139
PassMark - G2D Mark	31	33
Geekbench - OpenCL	2438
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	497
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	497
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	688	996
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	688	996

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 210	NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla 2.0	Tesla
Code name	GT218	G86
Launch date	12 October 2009	17 April 2007
Launch price (MSRP)	$29.49	$129
Place in performance rating	1661	1657
Price now	$32.99
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	6.81
Technical info
Core clock speed	1402 MHz	459 MHz
CUDA cores	16
Floating-point performance	39.36 gflops	29.376 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	80 nm
Maximum GPU temperature	105 °C
Pipelines	16	16
Texture fill rate	4.16 GTexel / s	3.6 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	30.5 Watt	30 Watt
Transistor count	260 million	210 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)	229 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	10.1	10.0
OpenGL	3.1	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	8.0 GB / s	12.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	500 MHz	800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR2	GDDR3
Standard memory config per GPU		256 MB
Technologies
CUDA
SLI