ATI FirePro V3800 vs GeForce G210 OEM Rev. 2

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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
ArchitectureTesla 2.0 (2007−2013)TeraScale 2 (2009−2015)
GPU code nameGT218Redwood
Market segmentDesktopWorkstation
Release date24 August 2009 (15 years ago)26 April 2010 (14 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$129

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 cores16400
Core clock speed589 MHz650 MHz
Number of transistors260 million627 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)31 Watt43 Watt
Texture fill rate4.71213.00
Floating-point processing power0.04486 TFLOPS0.52 TFLOPS
ROPs48
TMUs820

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 2.0 x16PCIe 2.0 x16
Length168 mm168 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 MB512 MB
Memory bus width64 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed400 MHz900 MHz
Memory bandwidth6.4 GB/s14.4 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 DisplayPort, 1x VGA1x DVI, 1x DisplayPort

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.1 (10_1)11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model4.15.0
OpenGL3.34.4
OpenCL1.11.2
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA1.2-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 24 August 2009 26 April 2010
Maximum RAM amount 128 MB 512 MB
Power consumption (TDP) 31 Watt 43 Watt

G210 OEM Rev. 2 has 38.7% lower power consumption.

ATI V3800, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 8 months, and a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount.

We couldn't decide between GeForce G210 OEM Rev. 2 and FirePro V3800. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce G210 OEM Rev. 2 is a desktop card while FirePro V3800 is a workstation one.


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NVIDIA GeForce G210 OEM Rev. 2
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ATI FirePro V3800
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