NVIDIA NVS 300 vs NVIDIA GeForce G210 OEM

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA NVS 300 and NVIDIA GeForce G210 OEM videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA NVS 300

NVIDIA GeForce G210 OEM

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA NVS 300

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 7 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 55 nm
Around 72% lower typical power consumption: 18 Watt vs 31 Watt
Around 57% higher memory clock speed: 1580 MHz vs 1008 MHz
Around 3% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 39 vs 38
Around 1% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 2471 vs 2451
Around 15% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 996 vs 866
Around 15% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 996 vs 866

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	8 January 2011 vs 26 May 2009
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 55 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	18 Watt vs 31 Watt
Memory clock speed	1580 MHz vs 1008 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	39 vs 38
Geekbench - OpenCL	2471 vs 2451
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	996 vs 866
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	996 vs 866

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce G210 OEM

Around 6% higher core clock speed: 550 MHz vs 520 MHz
Around 6% higher texture fill rate: 4.4 GTexel / s vs 4.16 GTexel / s
Around 10% better floating-point performance: 43.2 gflops vs 39.36 gflops
Around 2% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 124 vs 121

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	550 MHz vs 520 MHz
Texture fill rate	4.4 GTexel / s vs 4.16 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance	43.2 gflops vs 39.36 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	124 vs 121

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA NVS 300
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce G210 OEM

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

121

124

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

2471

2451

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

996

866

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

996

866

Name	NVIDIA NVS 300	NVIDIA GeForce G210 OEM
PassMark - G3D Mark	121	124
PassMark - G2D Mark	39	38
Geekbench - OpenCL	2471	2451
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	996	866
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	996	866

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA NVS 300	NVIDIA GeForce G210 OEM
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla 2.0	Tesla
Code name	GT218	G96C
Launch date	8 January 2011	26 May 2009
Launch price (MSRP)	$109
Place in performance rating	1660	1675
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	520 MHz	550 MHz
Floating-point performance	39.36 gflops	43.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	16	16
Texture fill rate	4.16 GTexel / s	4.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	18 Watt	31 Watt
Transistor count	260 million	314 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DMS-59	1x DVI, 1x DisplayPort, 1x VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	145 mm	168 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	10.1	10.0
OpenGL	3.3	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	12.64 GB / s	8.06 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1580 MHz	1008 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	DDR2