NVIDIA GeForce 210 vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 1800

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 210 and NVIDIA Quadro FX 1800 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 210

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 6 month(s) later
  • 2.5x more core clock speed: 1402 MHz vs 550 MHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 65 nm
  • Around 90% lower typical power consumption: 30.5 Watt vs 59 Watt
Launch date 12 October 2009 vs 30 March 2009
Core clock speed 1402 MHz vs 550 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm vs 65 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 30.5 Watt vs 59 Watt

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 1800

  • 4.2x more texture fill rate: 17.6 GTexel / s vs 4.16 GTexel / s
  • 4x more pipelines: 64 vs 16
  • 4.5x better floating-point performance: 176 gflops vs 39.36 gflops
  • Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 768 MB vs 512 MB
  • 3.2x more memory clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 500 MHz
  • 3.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 402 vs 126
  • Around 90% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 57 vs 30
  • 4.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 2917 vs 688
  • 4.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 2917 vs 688
Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate 17.6 GTexel / s vs 4.16 GTexel / s
Pipelines 64 vs 16
Floating-point performance 176 gflops vs 39.36 gflops
Maximum memory size 768 MB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed 1600 MHz vs 500 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 402 vs 126
PassMark - G2D Mark 57 vs 30
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2917 vs 688
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2917 vs 688

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 210
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 1800

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
126
402
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
30
57
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
688
2917
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
688
2917
Name NVIDIA GeForce 210 NVIDIA Quadro FX 1800
PassMark - G3D Mark 126 402
PassMark - G2D Mark 30 57
Geekbench - OpenCL 2438
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 497
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 497
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 688 2917
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 688 2917

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce 210 NVIDIA Quadro FX 1800

Essentials

Architecture Tesla 2.0 Tesla
Code name GT218 G94
Launch date 12 October 2009 30 March 2009
Launch price (MSRP) $29.49 $489
Place in performance rating 1674 1429
Price now $32.99 $186.29
Type Desktop Workstation
Value for money (0-100) 6.81 4.05

Technical info

Core clock speed 1402 MHz 550 MHz
CUDA cores 16
Floating-point performance 39.36 gflops 176 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 65 nm
Maximum GPU temperature 105 °C
Pipelines 16 64
Texture fill rate 4.16 GTexel / s 17.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 30.5 Watt 59 Watt
Transistor count 260 million 505 million

Video outputs and ports

Audio input for HDMI Internal
Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x DisplayPort, 1x VGA, DVIVGADisplayPort 1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort
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) 198 mm
Supplementary power connectors None None

API support

DirectX 10.1 10.0
OpenGL 3.1 3.3

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 768 MB
Memory bandwidth 8.0 GB / s 38.4 GB / s
Memory bus width 64 Bit 192 Bit
Memory clock speed 500 MHz 1600 MHz
Memory type GDDR2 GDDR3

Technologies

CUDA