GeForce 210 vs GeForce GT 620

GeForce 210
Memory: 512Mb DDR3DESKTOP
Release date: 12 Oct 2009
GeForce 210
GeForce GT 620
Memory: 1024Mb DDR3DESKTOP
Release date: 15 May 2012
GeForce GT 620

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Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Tesla), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications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 620

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Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Fermi), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications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 GT 620

HWBench recommends GeForce GT 620

Based on theoretical specifications.


Specifications

Core Configuration

GeForce 210GeForce GT 620
GPU NameGT218 (GT218-300-B1)vsGF108 (GF108-100-KB-A1)
Fab Process40 nmvs40 nm
Die Size57 mm²vs116 mm²
Transistors260 millionvs585 million
Shaders16vs96
Compute Units2vs2
Core clock520 MHzvs700 MHz
ROPs4vs4
TMUs8vs16

Memory Configuration

GeForce 210GeForce GT 620
Memory TypeDDR3vsDDR3
Bus Width64 bitvs64 bit
Memory Speed400 MHz
800 MHz effective
vs900 MHz
1800 MHz effective
Memory Size512 Mbvs1024 Mb

Additional details

GeForce 210GeForce GT 620
TDP31 wattsvs49 watts
Release Date12 Oct 2009vs15 May 2012

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • GeForce 210
    2.08 GP/s
  • GeForce GT 620
    2.80 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • GeForce 210
    4.16 GT/s
  • GeForce GT 620
    11.20 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • GeForce 210
    6.40 GB/s
  • GeForce GT 620
    14.40 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • GeForce 210
    39.36 GFLOPs
  • GeForce GT 620
    268.80 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better