GeForce G210M vs FirePro D500
Aggregate performance score
We've compared FirePro D500 with GeForce G210M, including specs and performance data.
D500 outperforms G210M by a whopping 3510% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
Place in the ranking | 426 | 1322 |
Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
Power efficiency | 2.76 | 1.49 |
Architecture | GCN 1.0 (2011−2020) | Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013) |
GPU code name | Tahiti | GT218 |
Market segment | Workstation | Laptop |
Release date | 18 January 2014 (10 years ago) | 15 June 2009 (15 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.
Pipelines / CUDA cores | 1536 | 16 |
Core clock speed | 725 MHz | 625 MHz |
Number of transistors | 4,313 million | 260 million |
Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 40 nm |
Power consumption (TDP) | 274 Watt | 14 Watt |
Texture fill rate | 69.60 | 5.000 |
Floating-point processing power | 2.227 TFLOPS | 0.048 TFLOPS |
Gigaflops | no data | 72 |
ROPs | 32 | 4 |
TMUs | 96 | 8 |
Form factor & compatibility
Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).
Bus support | no data | PCI-E 2.0 |
Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
Length | 279 mm | no data |
Width | 2-slot | no data |
VRAM capacity and type
Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.
Memory type | GDDR5 | GDDR3 |
Maximum RAM amount | 3 GB | Up to 1 GB |
Memory bus width | 384 Bit | 64 Bit |
Memory clock speed | 1270 MHz | Up to 500 (DDR2), Up to 800 (DDR3), Up to 800 (GDDR3) MHz |
Memory bandwidth | 243.8 GB/s | 12.8 GB/s |
Shared memory | - | - |
Connectivity and outputs
Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.
Display Connectors | 6x mini-DisplayPort, 1x SDI | Dual Link DVIDisplayPortHDMISingle Link DVIVGA |
Multi monitor support | no data | + |
HDMI | - | + |
Maximum VGA resolution | no data | 2048x1536 |
Supported technologies
Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.
Power management | no data | 8.0 |
API compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
DirectX | 12 (11_1) | 11.1 (10_1) |
Shader Model | 5.1 | 4.1 |
OpenGL | 4.6 | 2.1 |
OpenCL | 1.2 | 1.1 |
Vulkan | 1.2.131 | N/A |
CUDA | - | + |
Gaming performance
Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.
Average FPS across all PC games
Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:
Full HD | 500−550
+3233%
| 15
−3233%
|
FPS performance in popular games
Full HD
Low Preset
Cyberpunk 2077 | 2−3
+0%
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2−3
+0%
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Full HD
Medium Preset
Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 3−4
+0%
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3−4
+0%
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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 2−3
+0%
|
2−3
+0%
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Cyberpunk 2077 | 2−3
+0%
|
2−3
+0%
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Hitman 3 | 4−5
+0%
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4−5
+0%
|
Horizon Zero Dawn | 8−9
+0%
|
8−9
+0%
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Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 4−5
+0%
|
4−5
+0%
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Watch Dogs: Legion | 27−30
+0%
|
27−30
+0%
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Full HD
High Preset
Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 3−4
+0%
|
3−4
+0%
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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 2−3
+0%
|
2−3
+0%
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Cyberpunk 2077 | 2−3
+0%
|
2−3
+0%
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Hitman 3 | 4−5
+0%
|
4−5
+0%
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Horizon Zero Dawn | 8−9
+0%
|
8−9
+0%
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Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 4−5
+0%
|
4−5
+0%
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The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 9−10
+0%
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9−10
+0%
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Watch Dogs: Legion | 27−30
+0%
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27−30
+0%
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Full HD
Ultra Preset
Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 3−4
+0%
|
3−4
+0%
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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 2−3
+0%
|
2−3
+0%
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Cyberpunk 2077 | 2−3
+0%
|
2−3
+0%
|
Hitman 3 | 4−5
+0%
|
4−5
+0%
|
Horizon Zero Dawn | 8−9
+0%
|
8−9
+0%
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Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 4−5
+0%
|
4−5
+0%
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The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 9−10
+0%
|
9−10
+0%
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Watch Dogs: Legion | 27−30
+0%
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27−30
+0%
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1440p
Ultra Preset
Cyberpunk 2077 | 0−1 | 0−1 |
Hitman 3 | 6−7
+0%
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6−7
+0%
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Horizon Zero Dawn | 2−3
+0%
|
2−3
+0%
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1440p
Epic Preset
Red Dead Redemption 2 | 2−3
+0%
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2−3
+0%
|
4K
Ultra Preset
Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 1−2
+0%
|
1−2
+0%
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Assassin's Creed Valhalla | 0−1 | 0−1 |
4K
Epic Preset
Red Dead Redemption 2 | 2−3
+0%
|
2−3
+0%
|
This is how FirePro D500 and GeForce G210M compete in popular games:
- FirePro D500 is 3233% faster in 1080p
All in all, in popular games:
- there's a draw in 29 tests (100%)
Pros & cons summary
Performance score | 10.83 | 0.30 |
Recency | 18 January 2014 | 15 June 2009 |
Chip lithography | 28 nm | 40 nm |
Power consumption (TDP) | 274 Watt | 14 Watt |
FirePro D500 has a 3510% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 4 years, and a 42.9% more advanced lithography process.
GeForce G210M, on the other hand, has 1857.1% lower power consumption.
The FirePro D500 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce G210M in performance tests.
Be aware that FirePro D500 is a workstation card while GeForce G210M is a notebook one.
Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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