GeForce 210 vs GeForce 510 OEM

GeForce 210
Memory: 512Mb DDR3DESKTOP
Release date: 12 Oct 2009
GeForce 210
GeForce 510 OEM
Memory: 1024Mb DDR3DESKTOP
Release date: 29 Sep 2011
GeForce 510 OEM

Summary

Reasons to consider GeForce 210

Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Tesla), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications
PhysX support, however PhysX performance on newest games may be poor

Reasons to consider GeForce 510 OEM

This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support.
Higher theoretical gaming performance, based on specifications.
Supports PhysX
Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Fermi), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications

GeForce 510 OEM

HWBench recommends GeForce 510 OEM

Based on theoretical specifications.


Specifications

Core Configuration

GeForce 210GeForce 510 OEM
GPU NameGT218 (GT218-300-B1)vsGF119 ()
Fab Process40 nmvs40 nm
Die Size57 mm²vs79 mm²
Transistors260 millionvs292 million
Shaders16vs48
Compute Units2vs1
Core clock520 MHzvs523 MHz
ROPs4vs4
TMUs8vs8

Memory Configuration

GeForce 210GeForce 510 OEM
Memory TypeDDR3vsDDR3
Bus Width64 bitvs64 bit
Memory Speed400 MHz
800 MHz effective
vs898 MHz
1796 MHz effective
Memory Size512 Mbvs1024 Mb

Additional details

GeForce 210GeForce 510 OEM
TDP31 wattsvs25 watts
Release Date12 Oct 2009vs29 Sep 2011

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • GeForce 210
    2.08 GP/s
  • GeForce 510 OEM
    1.05 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • GeForce 210
    4.16 GT/s
  • GeForce 510 OEM
    4.18 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • GeForce 210
    6.40 GB/s
  • GeForce 510 OEM
    14.40 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • GeForce 210
    39.36 GFLOPs
  • GeForce 510 OEM
    100.40 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better