Nvidia RTX 500 Ada Generation Mobile vs GeForce 210

Place in the ranking	1325	203
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	0.69	53.90
Architecture	Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013)	Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code name	GT218	AD107
Market segment	Desktop	Mobile workstation
Release date	12 October 2009 (15 years ago)	26 February 2024 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$29.49	no data

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	16	2048
Core clock speed	589 MHz	1485 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	2025 MHz
Number of transistors	260 million	18,900 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	30.5 Watt	35 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature	105 °C	no data
Texture fill rate	4.160	129.6
Floating-point processing power	0.03936 TFLOPS	8.294 TFLOPS
ROPs	4	32
TMUs	8	64
Tensor Cores	no data	64
Ray Tracing Cores	no data	16

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).

Laptop size	no data	medium sized
Bus support	PCI-E 2.0	no data
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x8
Length	168 mm	no data
Height	2.731" (6.9 cm)	no data
Width	1-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	None	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	GDDR2	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	4 GB
Memory bus width	64 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	500 MHz	2000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	8.0 GB/s	128.0 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	DVIVGADisplayPort	Portable Device Dependent
Multi monitor support	+	no data
HDMI	+	-
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536	no data
Audio input for HDMI	Internal	no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	11.1 (10_1)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	4.1	6.8
OpenGL	3.1	4.6
OpenCL	1.1	3.0
Vulkan	N/A	1.3
CUDA	+	8.9

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.31	27.33
Recency	12 October 2009	26 February 2024
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	4 GB
Chip lithography	40 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	30 Watt	35 Watt

GeForce 210 has 16.7% lower power consumption.

Nvidia RTX 500 Ada Generation Mobile, on the other hand, has a 8716.1% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 14 years, a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 700% more advanced lithography process.

The RTX 500 Ada Generation Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce 210 in performance tests.

Be aware that GeForce 210 is a desktop card while RTX 500 Ada Generation Mobile is a mobile workstation one.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.