FirePro S10000 Passive vs GeForce 210

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Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureTesla 2.0 (2007−2013)GCN 1.0 (2011−2020)
GPU code nameGT218Tahiti
Market segmentDesktopWorkstation
Release date12 October 2009 (15 years ago)12 November 2012 (12 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$29.49 $3,599

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 cores163584
Core clock speed589 MHz825 MHz
Boost clock speedno data950 MHz
Number of transistors260 million4,313 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)30.5 Watt750 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature105 °Cno data
Texture fill rate4.160106.4
Floating-point processing power0.03936 TFLOPS3.405 TFLOPS
ROPs432
TMUs8112

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 supportPCI-E 2.0PCIe 3.0
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Length168 mm305 mm
Height2.731" (6.9 cm)no data
Width1-slot2-slot
Form factorno datafull height / full length
Supplementary power connectorsNone2x 8-pin

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 typeGDDR2GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount512 MB6 GB
Memory bus width64 Bit384 Bit
Memory clock speed500 MHz1250 MHz
Memory bandwidth8.0 GB/s480 GB/s

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 ConnectorsDVIVGADisplayPort1x DVI, 1x mini-DisplayPort
Multi monitor support+no data
HDMI+-
Maximum VGA resolution2048x1536no data
Dual-link DVI support-+
Audio input for HDMIInternalno data

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX11.1 (10_1)12 (11_1)
Shader Model4.15.1
OpenGL3.14.6
OpenCL1.11.2
VulkanN/A1.2.131
CUDA+-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 12 October 2009 12 November 2012
Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 6 GB
Chip lithography 40 nm 28 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 30 Watt 750 Watt

GeForce 210 has 2400% lower power consumption.

S10000 Passive, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 3 years, a 1100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 42.9% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce 210 and FirePro S10000 Passive. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce 210 is a desktop card while FirePro S10000 Passive is a workstation one.


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