NVIDIA GeForce 210 vs NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 210 and NVIDIA GeForce 9500 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), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s).

NVIDIA GeForce 210

NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 210

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 2 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 55 nm
Around 61% lower typical power consumption: 30.5 Watt vs 50 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 256 / 512 MB

Launch date	12 October 2009 vs 29 July 2008
Core clock speed	1402 MHz vs 1400 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 55 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	30.5 Watt vs 50 Watt
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 256 / 512 MB

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT

2.1x more texture fill rate: 8.8 billion / sec vs 4.16 GTexel / s
2x more pipelines: 32 vs 16
2.3x better floating-point performance: 89.6 gflops vs 39.36 gflops
Around 60% higher memory clock speed: 800 (GDDR3) and 500 (DDR2) MHz vs 500 MHz
Around 37% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 172 vs 126
Around 7% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 32 vs 30
2.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1505 vs 688
2.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1505 vs 688

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	8.8 billion / sec vs 4.16 GTexel / s
Pipelines	32 vs 16
Floating-point performance	89.6 gflops vs 39.36 gflops
Memory clock speed	800 (GDDR3) and 500 (DDR2) MHz vs 500 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	172 vs 126
PassMark - G2D Mark	32 vs 30
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1505 vs 688
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1505 vs 688

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 210
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

126

172

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

688

1505

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

688

1505

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 210	NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT
PassMark - G3D Mark	126	172
PassMark - G2D Mark	30	32
Geekbench - OpenCL	2438
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	497
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	497
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	688	1505
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	688	1505
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		0.612
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		56.838

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 210	NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla 2.0	Tesla
Code name	GT218	G96C
Launch date	12 October 2009	29 July 2008
Launch price (MSRP)	$29.49	$85.99
Place in performance rating	1674	1666
Price now	$32.99	$85.99
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	6.81	4.13
Technical info
Core clock speed	1402 MHz	1400 MHz
CUDA cores	16	32
Floating-point performance	39.36 gflops	89.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	55 nm
Maximum GPU temperature	105 °C	105 °C
Pipelines	16	32
Texture fill rate	4.16 GTexel / s	8.8 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	30.5 Watt	50 Watt
Transistor count	260 million	314 million
Video outputs and ports
Audio input for HDMI	Internal	S / PDIF
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x DisplayPort, 1x VGA, DVIVGADisplayPort	2x DVI, 1x S-Video, Dual Link DVISingle Link DVI
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536	2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCI-E 2.0
Height	2.731" (6.9 cm)	4.376" (11.1 cm)
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	6.60" (16.8 cm)	6.875" (17.5 cm)
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	10.1	10.0
OpenGL	3.1	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	256 / 512 MB
Memory bandwidth	8.0 GB / s	25.6 (GDDR3) and 16.0 (DDR2)
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	500 MHz	800 (GDDR3) and 500 (DDR2) MHz
Memory type	GDDR2	GDDR3
Technologies
CUDA
SLI