NVIDIA GeForce GT 610 vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 220

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 610 and NVIDIA GeForce GT 220 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, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 610

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 2 month(s) later
  • Around 8% better floating-point performance: 155.5 gflops vs 144 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 65 nm
  • 2x lower typical power consumption: 29 Watt vs 58 Watt
  • Around 46% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 322 vs 220
  • 3x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 131 vs 44
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 2 April 2012 vs 26 January 2010
Floating-point performance 155.5 gflops vs 144 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm vs 65 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 29 Watt vs 58 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 322 vs 220
PassMark - G2D Mark 131 vs 44

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 220

  • Around 68% higher core clock speed: 1360 MHz vs 810 MHz
  • 2.2x more texture fill rate: 14.4 GTexel / s vs 6.5 billion / sec
  • 790x more memory clock speed: 790 MHz vs 1.8 GB/s
  • 4.6x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 5892 vs 1283
  • Around 46% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1686 vs 1155
  • Around 46% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1686 vs 1155
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1360 MHz vs 810 MHz
Texture fill rate 14.4 GTexel / s vs 6.5 billion / sec
Memory clock speed 790 MHz vs 1.8 GB/s
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 5892 vs 1283
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1686 vs 1155
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1686 vs 1155

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 610
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 220

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
322
220
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
131
44
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
1283
5892
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1155
1686
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1155
1686
Name NVIDIA GeForce GT 610 NVIDIA GeForce GT 220
PassMark - G3D Mark 322 220
PassMark - G2D Mark 131 44
Geekbench - OpenCL 1283 5892
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 2.471
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 77.99
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.233
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 6.018
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 4.053
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 555
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 835
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1155 1686
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 555
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 835
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1155 1686
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 87

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GT 610 NVIDIA GeForce GT 220

Essentials

Architecture Fermi 2.0 Tesla
Code name GF119 G94
Launch date 2 April 2012 26 January 2010
Launch price (MSRP) $39.99 $79.99
Place in performance rating 1626 1583
Price now $39.99 $79.99
Type Desktop Desktop
Value for money (0-100) 10.13 5.72

Technical info

Core clock speed 810 MHz 1360 MHz
CUDA cores 48 48
Floating-point performance 155.5 gflops 144 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 65 nm
Maximum GPU temperature 102 °C 105 °C
Pipelines 48 48
Texture fill rate 6.5 billion / sec 14.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 29 Watt 58 Watt
Transistor count 292 million 505 million

Video outputs and ports

Audio input for HDMI Internal S / PDIF + HDA
Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA, Dual Link DVI-I, HDMI, VGA 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA, VGADVIHDMI
HDCP
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536 2048x1536
Multi monitor support

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support PCI Express 2.0 PCI-E 2.0
Height 2.7" (6.9 cm) 4.376" (11.1 cm)
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Length 5.7" (14.5 cm) 6.6" (16.8 cm)
Supplementary power connectors None

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_0) 10.0
OpenGL 4.2 3.1

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 1024 MB 1 GB
Memory bandwidth 14.4 GB / s 25.3 GB / s
Memory bus width 64 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1.8 GB/s 790 MHz
Memory type DDR3 GDDR3

Technologies

3D Blu-Ray
CUDA