GeForce 210 Rev. 2 vs 7200 GS

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureCurie (2003−2013)Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013)
GPU code nameG72GT218
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date18 January 2006 (18 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 speed450 MHz520 MHz
Number of transistors112 million260 million
Manufacturing process technology90 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data31 Watt
Texture fill rate1.8004.160
Floating-point processing powerno data0.03936 TFLOPS
ROPs24
TMUs48

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 x16PCIe 2.0 x16
Lengthno data168 mm
Width1-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNoneNone

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 typeDDR2DDR3
Maximum RAM amount128 MB1 GB
Memory bus width64 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed334 MHz400 MHz
Memory bandwidth5.344 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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video1x DVI, 1x DisplayPort, 1x VGA

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 18 January 2006 12 October 2009
Maximum RAM amount 128 MB 1 GB
Chip lithography 90 nm 40 nm

210 Rev. 2 has an age advantage of 3 years, a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 125% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce 7200 GS and GeForce 210 Rev. 2. We've got no test results to judge.


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