NVIDIA GeForce 210 vs NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 210 and NVIDIA GeForce 9600 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).

NVIDIA GeForce 210

NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 210

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 7 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 65 nm
3.1x lower typical power consumption: 30.5 Watt vs 96 Watt
3.9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 497 vs 127
3.9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 497 vs 127

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	12 October 2009 vs 21 February 2008
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 65 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	30.5 Watt vs 96 Watt
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	497 vs 127
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	497 vs 127

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT

Around 16% higher core clock speed: 1625 MHz vs 1402 MHz
5x more texture fill rate: 20.8 billion / sec vs 4.16 GTexel / s
4x more pipelines: 64 vs 16
5.3x better floating-point performance: 208 gflops vs 39.36 gflops
Around 80% higher memory clock speed: 900 MHz vs 500 MHz
3.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 477 vs 126
Around 47% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 44 vs 30
4.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3161 vs 688
4.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3161 vs 688

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1625 MHz vs 1402 MHz
Texture fill rate	20.8 billion / sec vs 4.16 GTexel / s
Pipelines	64 vs 16
Floating-point performance	208 gflops vs 39.36 gflops
Memory clock speed	900 MHz vs 500 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	477 vs 126
PassMark - G2D Mark	44 vs 30
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3161 vs 688
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3161 vs 688

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 210
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

126

477

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

497

127

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

497

127

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

688

3161

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

688

3161

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 210	NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT
PassMark - G3D Mark	126	477
PassMark - G2D Mark	30	44
Geekbench - OpenCL	2438
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	497	127
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	497	127
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	688	3161
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	688	3161
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		0.465

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 210	NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla 2.0	Tesla
Code name	GT218	G94
Launch date	12 October 2009	21 February 2008
Launch price (MSRP)	$29.49	$179
Place in performance rating	1674	1587
Price now	$32.99	$39.99
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	6.81	23.72
Technical info
Core clock speed	1402 MHz	1625 MHz
CUDA cores	16	64
Floating-point performance	39.36 gflops	208 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	65 nm
Maximum GPU temperature	105 °C	105 °C
Pipelines	16	64
Texture fill rate	4.16 GTexel / s	20.8 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	30.5 Watt	96 Watt
Transistor count	260 million	505 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, HDTVTwo Dual Link DVI
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536	2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCI-E 2.0	16x 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)	9" (22.9 cm)
Supplementary power connectors	None	6-pin
SLI options		2-way
API support
DirectX	10.1	10.0
OpenGL	3.1	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	8.0 GB / s	57.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	500 MHz	900 MHz
Memory type	GDDR2	GDDR3
Technologies
CUDA
3D Vision
SLI