VIA S3G UniChrome Pro vs GeForce 210

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	1326	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	0.66	no data
Architecture	Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013)	no data
GPU code name	GT218	Zoetrope
Market segment	Desktop	Laptop
Release date	12 October 2009 (15 years ago)	1 July 2004 (20 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	3
Core clock speed	589 MHz	2 MHz
Number of transistors	260 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	no data
Power consumption (TDP)	30.5 Watt	no data
Maximum GPU temperature	105 °C	no data
Texture fill rate	4.160	no data
Floating-point processing power	0.03936 TFLOPS	no data
ROPs	4	no data
TMUs	8	no data

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	no data
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	no data
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	no data
Memory bus width	64 Bit	no data
Memory clock speed	500 MHz	no data
Memory bandwidth	8.0 GB/s	no data
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	no data
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)	no data
Shader Model	4.1	no data
OpenGL	3.1	no data
OpenCL	1.1	no data
Vulkan	N/A	-
CUDA	+	-

Pros & cons summary

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Recency

12 October 2009

1 July 2004

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