NVIDIA GeForce 210 vs NVIDIA GeForce G210M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 210 and NVIDIA GeForce G210M 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 G210M

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 210

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 month(s) later
Around 60% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 32 vs 20

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	12 October 2009 vs 15 June 2009
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	32 vs 20

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce G210M

Around 7% higher core clock speed: 1500 MHz vs 1402 MHz
Around 20% higher texture fill rate: 5 GTexel / s vs 4.16 GTexel / s
Around 22% better floating-point performance: 48 gflops vs 39.36 gflops
2.2x lower typical power consumption: 14 Watt vs 30.5 Watt
Around 4% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 117 vs 113
Around 18% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 2881 vs 2438
Around 88% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1294 vs 688
Around 88% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1294 vs 688

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1500 MHz vs 1402 MHz
Texture fill rate	5 GTexel / s vs 4.16 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance	48 gflops vs 39.36 gflops
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	14 Watt vs 30.5 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	117 vs 113
Geekbench - OpenCL	2881 vs 2438
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1294 vs 688
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1294 vs 688

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 210
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce G210M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

113

117

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

2438

2881

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

688

1294

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

688

1294

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 210	NVIDIA GeForce G210M
PassMark - G3D Mark	113	117
PassMark - G2D Mark	32	20
Geekbench - OpenCL	2438	2881
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	497
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	497
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	688	1294
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	688	1294

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 210	NVIDIA GeForce G210M
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla 2.0	Tesla 2.0
Code name	GT218	GT218
Launch date	12 October 2009	15 June 2009
Launch price (MSRP)	$29.49
Place in performance rating	1654	1656
Price now	$32.99
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Value for money (0-100)	6.81
Technical info
Core clock speed	1402 MHz	1500 MHz
CUDA cores	16	16
Floating-point performance	39.36 gflops	48 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	40 nm
Maximum GPU temperature	105 °C
Pipelines	16	16
Texture fill rate	4.16 GTexel / s	5 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	30.5 Watt	14 Watt
Transistor count	260 million	260 million
Gigaflops		72
Video outputs and ports
Audio input for HDMI	Internal
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x DisplayPort, 1x VGA, DVIVGADisplayPort	Dual Link DVIDisplayPortHDMISingle Link DVIVGA
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536	2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCI-E 2.0	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)
Supplementary power connectors	None
API support
DirectX	10.1	10.1
OpenGL	3.1	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	8.0 GB / s	12.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	500 MHz
Memory type	GDDR2	GDDR2, GDDR3
Shared memory		0
Technologies
CUDA
HybridPower
Power management		8.0