NVIDIA GeForce 210 vs NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GTX

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 210 and NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GTX 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 Go 7900 GTX

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 210

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 5 month(s) later
2.8x more core clock speed: 1402 MHz vs 500 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 90 nm
Around 45% lower typical power consumption: 30.5 Watt vs 45 Watt

Launch date	12 October 2009 vs 18 April 2006
Core clock speed	1402 MHz vs 500 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 90 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	30.5 Watt vs 45 Watt

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GTX

2.9x more texture fill rate: 12 GTexel / s vs 4.16 GTexel / s
Around 50% higher pipelines: 24 vs 16
2.4x more memory clock speed: 1200 MHz vs 500 MHz
2.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 270 vs 126
8.8x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 264 vs 30

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	12 GTexel / s vs 4.16 GTexel / s
Pipelines	24 vs 16
Memory clock speed	1200 MHz vs 500 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	270 vs 126
PassMark - G2D Mark	264 vs 30

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 210
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GTX

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

126

270

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

264

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 210	NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GTX
PassMark - G3D Mark	126	270
PassMark - G2D Mark	30	264
Geekbench - OpenCL	2438
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	497
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	497
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	688
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	688

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 210	NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GTX
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla 2.0	Curie
Code name	GT218	G71
Launch date	12 October 2009	18 April 2006
Launch price (MSRP)	$29.49
Place in performance rating	1674	651
Price now	$32.99
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Value for money (0-100)	6.81
Technical info
Core clock speed	1402 MHz	500 MHz
CUDA cores	16
Floating-point performance	39.36 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	90 nm
Maximum GPU temperature	105 °C
Pipelines	16	24
Texture fill rate	4.16 GTexel / s	12 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	30.5 Watt	45 Watt
Transistor count	260 million	278 million
Boost clock speed		500 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Audio input for HDMI	Internal
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x DisplayPort, 1x VGA, DVIVGADisplayPort	No outputs
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)
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
Laptop size		large
API support
DirectX	10.1	9.0c
OpenGL	3.1	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	8.0 GB / s	38.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	600 Bit
Memory clock speed	500 MHz	1200 MHz
Memory type	GDDR2	256
Shared memory		0
Technologies
CUDA