NVIDIA GeForce 210 vs NVIDIA GeForce G100 OEM

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 210 and NVIDIA GeForce G100 OEM 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 G100 OEM

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 210

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 month(s) later
2.6x more core clock speed: 1402 MHz vs 540 MHz
2x more pipelines: 16 vs 8
Around 89% better floating-point performance: 39.36 gflops vs 20.8 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 65 nm
Around 13% lower typical power consumption: 30.5 Watt vs 35 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 256 MB
Around 16% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 688 vs 593
Around 16% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 688 vs 593

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	12 October 2009 vs 10 March 2009
Core clock speed	1402 MHz vs 540 MHz
Pipelines	16 vs 8
Floating-point performance	39.36 gflops vs 20.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 65 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	30.5 Watt vs 35 Watt
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 256 MB
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	688 vs 593
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	688 vs 593

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce G100 OEM

Around 4% higher texture fill rate: 4.32 GTexel / s vs 4.16 GTexel / s
Around 60% higher memory clock speed: 800 MHz vs 500 MHz
Around 40% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 176 vs 126
2.1x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 63 vs 30

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	4.32 GTexel / s vs 4.16 GTexel / s
Memory clock speed	800 MHz vs 500 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	176 vs 126
PassMark - G2D Mark	63 vs 30

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 210
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce G100 OEM

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

126

176

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

688

593

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

688

593

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 210	NVIDIA GeForce G100 OEM
PassMark - G3D Mark	126	176
PassMark - G2D Mark	30	63
Geekbench - OpenCL	2438
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	497
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	497
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	688	593
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	688	593

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 210	NVIDIA GeForce G100 OEM
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla 2.0	Tesla
Code name	GT218	G98
Launch date	12 October 2009	10 March 2009
Launch price (MSRP)	$29.49
Place in performance rating	1674	1628
Price now	$32.99
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	6.81
Technical info
Core clock speed	1402 MHz	540 MHz
CUDA cores	16
Floating-point performance	39.36 gflops	20.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	65 nm
Maximum GPU temperature	105 °C
Pipelines	16	8
Texture fill rate	4.16 GTexel / s	4.32 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	30.5 Watt	35 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 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 2.0 x16
Length	6.60" (16.8 cm)	168 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	10.1	10.0
OpenGL	3.1	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	8.0 GB / s	6.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	500 MHz	800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR2	DDR2
Technologies
CUDA