NVIDIA GeForce 320M Mac Edition vs NVIDIA GeForce 210

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 320M Mac Edition and NVIDIA GeForce 210 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 320M Mac Edition

NVIDIA GeForce 210

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 320M Mac Edition

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 month(s) later
Around 35% lower typical power consumption: 23 Watt vs 30.5 Watt

Launch date	1 April 2010 vs 12 October 2009
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	23 Watt vs 30.5 Watt

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 210

3.1x more core clock speed: 1402 MHz vs 450 MHz

Core clock speed	1402 MHz vs 450 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 320M Mac Edition
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 210

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 320M Mac Edition	NVIDIA GeForce 210
PassMark - G3D Mark		126
PassMark - G2D Mark		30
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 320M Mac Edition	NVIDIA GeForce 210
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla 2.0	Tesla 2.0
Code name	MCP89	GT218
Launch date	1 April 2010	12 October 2009
Place in performance rating	not rated	1674
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$29.49
Price now		$32.99
Value for money (0-100)		6.81
Technical info
Core clock speed	450 MHz	1402 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	23 Watt	30.5 Watt
Transistor count	486 million	260 million
CUDA cores		16
Floating-point performance		39.36 gflops
Maximum GPU temperature		105 °C
Pipelines		16
Texture fill rate		4.16 GTexel / s
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x DisplayPort, 1x VGA, DVIVGADisplayPort
Audio input for HDMI		Internal
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Bus support		PCI-E 2.0
Height		2.731" (6.9 cm)
Length		6.60" (16.8 cm)
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	10.1	10.1
OpenGL	3.3	3.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount		512 MB
Memory bandwidth		8.0 GB / s
Memory bus width		64 Bit
Memory clock speed		500 MHz
Memory type		GDDR2
Technologies
CUDA