Steam Deck OLED GPU vs GeForce 210

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1326not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency0.66no data
ArchitectureTesla 2.0 (2007−2013)RDNA 2.0 (2020−2024)
GPU code nameGT218Sephiroth
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date12 October 2009 (15 years ago)9 November 2023 (1 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 cores16512
Core clock speed589 MHz1000 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1600 MHz
Number of transistors260 million2,400 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)30.5 Watt15 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature105 °Cno data
Texture fill rate4.16051.20
Floating-point processing power0.03936 TFLOPS1.638 TFLOPS
ROPs416
TMUs832
Ray Tracing Coresno data8

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 2.0no data
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16no data
Length168 mm298 mm
Height2.731" (6.9 cm)no data
Width1-slotno data
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno 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 typeGDDR2LPDDR5
Maximum RAM amount512 MB16 GB
Memory bus width64 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed500 MHz1375 MHz
Memory bandwidth8.0 GB/s88 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 USB Type-C
Multi monitor support+no data
HDMI+-
Maximum VGA resolution2048x1536no data
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 (12_1)
Shader Model4.16.5
OpenGL3.14.6
OpenCL1.12.0
VulkanN/A1.2
CUDA+-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 12 October 2009 9 November 2023
Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 16 GB
Chip lithography 40 nm 6 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 30 Watt 15 Watt

Steam Deck OLED GPU has an age advantage of 14 years, a 3100% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 566.7% more advanced lithography process, and 100% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce 210 and Steam Deck OLED GPU. We've got no test results to judge.


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