Tesla M10 vs GeForce 210

Place in the ranking	1332	539
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	0.69	2.36
Architecture	Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013)	Maxwell (2014−2017)
GPU code name	GT218	GM107
Market segment	Desktop	Workstation
Release date	12 October 2009 (15 years ago)	18 May 2016 (8 years 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	640 ×4
Core clock speed	589 MHz	1033 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	1306 MHz
Number of transistors	260 million	1,870 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	30.5 Watt	225 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature	105 °C	no data
Texture fill rate	4.160	52.24 ×4
Floating-point processing power	0.03936 TFLOPS	1.672 TFLOPS ×4
ROPs	4	16 ×4
TMUs	8	40 ×4

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	PCI-E 2.0	no data
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	168 mm	267 mm
Height	2.731" (6.9 cm)	no data
Width	1-slot	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 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 type	GDDR2	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	8 GB ×4
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit ×4
Memory clock speed	500 MHz	1300 MHz
Memory bandwidth	8.0 GB/s	83.2 GB/s ×4

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	No outputs
Multi monitor support	+	no data
HDMI	+	-
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536	no data
Audio input for HDMI	Internal	no data

API and SDK compatibility

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

DirectX	11.1 (10_1)	12 (11_0)
Shader Model	4.1	5.1
OpenGL	3.1	4.6
OpenCL	1.1	1.2
Vulkan	N/A	1.1.126
CUDA	+	5.0

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score.

GeForce 210 0.27

Tesla M10 6.70
+2381%

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

GeForce 210 122

Tesla M10 2994
+2354%

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	0.27	6.70
Recency	12 October 2009	18 May 2016
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	8 GB
Chip lithography	40 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	30 Watt	225 Watt

GeForce 210 has 650% lower power consumption.

Tesla M10, on the other hand, has a 2381.5% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 6 years, a 1500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 42.9% more advanced lithography process.

The Tesla M10 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce 210 in performance tests.

Be aware that GeForce 210 is a desktop card while Tesla M10 is a workstation one.