GeForce 210 vs Radeon R5 230
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| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Tesla), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 Radeon R5 230 |
| This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support. |
| Higher theoretical gaming performance, based on specifications. |
| Based on an outdated architecture (ATI TeraScale), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
HWBench recommends Radeon R5 230
Based on theoretical specifications.
Core Configuration
| GeForce 210 | | Radeon R5 230 | |
|---|
| GPU Name | GT218 (GT218-300-B1) | vs | Caicos (Caicos PRO) |
| Fab Process | 40 nm | vs | 40 nm |
| Die Size | 57 mm² | vs | 67 mm² |
| Transistors | 260 million | vs | 370 million |
| Shaders | 16 | vs | 160 |
| Compute Units | 2 | vs | 2 |
| Core clock | 520 MHz | vs | 625 MHz |
| ROPs | 4 | vs | 4 |
| TMUs | 8 | vs | 8 |
Memory Configuration
| GeForce 210 | | Radeon R5 230 | |
|---|
| Memory Type | DDR3 | vs | DDR3 |
| Bus Width | 64 bit | vs | 64 bit |
| Memory Speed | 400 MHz
800 MHz effective | vs | 667 MHz
1334 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 512 Mb | vs | 1024 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce 210 | | Radeon R5 230 | |
|---|
| TDP | 31 watts | vs | 19 watts |
| Release Date | 12 Oct 2009 | vs | 3 Apr 2014 |
GeForce 210
2.08 GP/s
Radeon R5 230
2.50 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
GeForce 210
4.16 GT/s
Radeon R5 230
5.00 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
GeForce 210
6.40 GB/s
Radeon R5 230
10.67 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
GeForce 210
39.36 GFLOPs
Radeon R5 230
200.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better