GeForce 210 vs GeForce GT 220

GeForce 210
Memory: 512Mb DDR3DESKTOP
Release date: 12 Oct 2009
GeForce 210
GeForce GT 220
Memory: 1024Mb GDDR3DESKTOP
Release date: 26 Jan 2010
GeForce GT 220

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Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Tesla), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications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 GT 220

Higher theoretical gaming performance, based on specifications.
Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Tesla), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications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

GeForce GT 220

HWBench recommends GeForce GT 220

Based on theoretical specifications.


Specifications

Core Configuration

GeForce 210GeForce GT 220
GPU NameGT218 (GT218-300-B1)vsG94 ()
Fab Process40 nmvs65 nm
Die Size57 mm²vs240 mm²
Transistors260 millionvs505 million
Shaders16vs48
Compute Units2vs2
Core clock520 MHzvs600 MHz
ROPs4vs16
TMUs8vs24

Memory Configuration

GeForce 210GeForce GT 220
Memory TypeDDR3vsGDDR3
Bus Width64 bitvs256 bit
Memory Speed400 MHz
800 MHz effective
vs700 MHz
1400 MHz effective
Memory Size512 Mbvs1024 Mb

Additional details

GeForce 210GeForce GT 220
TDP31 wattsvs58 watts
Release Date12 Oct 2009vs26 Jan 2010

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • GeForce 210
    2.08 GP/s
  • GeForce GT 220
    9.60 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • GeForce 210
    4.16 GT/s
  • GeForce GT 220
    14.40 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • GeForce 210
    6.40 GB/s
  • GeForce GT 220
    44.80 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • GeForce 210
    39.36 GFLOPs
  • GeForce GT 220
    144.00 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better