GeForce GTX 280 vs GeForce 210 PCI
Summary
Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 280 |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Tesla), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 |
Reasons to consider GeForce 210 PCI |
| 205 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the GeForce GTX 280 . |
| This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support. |
| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Tesla), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 |
HWBench recommends GeForce GTX 280
Based on theoretical specifications.
Core Configuration
| GeForce GTX 280 | | GeForce 210 PCI | |
|---|
| GPU Name | GT200 (G200-302-A2) | vs | GT216 () |
| Fab Process | 65 nm | vs | 40 nm |
| Die Size | 576 mm² | vs | 100 mm² |
| Transistors | 1,400 million | vs | 486 million |
| Shaders | 240 | vs | 16 |
| Compute Units | 10 | vs | 2 |
| Core clock | 602 MHz | vs | 475 MHz |
| ROPs | 32 | vs | 4 |
| TMUs | 80 | vs | 8 |
Memory Configuration
| GeForce GTX 280 | | GeForce 210 PCI | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR3 | vs | DDR2 |
| Bus Width | 512 bit | vs | 64 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1107 MHz
2214 MHz effective | vs | 400 MHz
800 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 1024 Mb | vs | 512 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce GTX 280 | | GeForce 210 PCI | |
|---|
| TDP | 236 watts | vs | 31 watts |
| Release Date | 16 Jun 2008 | vs | 12 Oct 2009 |
GeForce GTX 280
19.30 GP/s
GeForce 210 PCI
1.90 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 280
48.20 GT/s
GeForce 210 PCI
3.80 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 280
142.00 GB/s
GeForce 210 PCI
6.40 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
GeForce GTX 280
622.10 GFLOPs
GeForce 210 PCI
35.20 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better