GeForce 210 PCI vs 6800 GT

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1275not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency0.38no data
ArchitectureCurie (2003−2013)Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013)
GPU code nameNV45GT216
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date8 June 2004 (20 years ago)12 October 2009 (15 years ago)

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 coresno data16
Core clock speed350 MHz475 MHz
Number of transistors222 million486 million
Manufacturing process technology130 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)67 Watt31 Watt
Texture fill rate5.6003.800
Floating-point processing powerno data0.0352 TFLOPS
ROPs164
TMUs168

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).

InterfacePCIe 1.0 x16PCI
Lengthno data145 mm
Width1-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pinNone

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 typeGDDR3DDR2
Maximum RAM amount256 MB512 MB
Memory bus width256 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed500 MHz400 MHz
Memory bandwidth32 GB/s6.4 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 Connectors2x DVI, 1x S-VideoNo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX9.0c (9_3)11.1 (10_1)
Shader Model3.04.1
OpenGL2.13.3
OpenCLN/A1.1
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA-1.2

Pros & cons summary


Recency 8 June 2004 12 October 2009
Maximum RAM amount 256 MB 512 MB
Chip lithography 130 nm 40 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 67 Watt 31 Watt

210 PCI has an age advantage of 5 years, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 225% more advanced lithography process, and 116.1% lower power consumption.

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