ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5145 vs GeForce GT 220

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1205not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency0.68no data
ArchitectureTesla 2.0 (2007−2013)TeraScale (2005−2013)
GPU code nameGT216M92
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date12 October 2009 (15 years ago)7 January 2010 (14 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$79.99 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores4880
Core clock speed625 MHz720 MHz
Number of transistors486 million242 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm55 nm
Power consumption (TDP)58 Watt15 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature105 °Cno data
Texture fill rate9.8405.760
Floating-point processing power0.1277 TFLOPS0.1152 TFLOPS
ROPs84
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).

Bus supportPCI-E 2.0no data
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 2.0 x16
Length168 mmno data
Height4.376" (11.1 cm)no data
Width1-slotno 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 typeGDDR3GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount1 GB1 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed790 MHz900 MHz
Memory bandwidth25.3 GB/s14.4 GB/s
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 ConnectorsVGADVIHDMINo outputs
Multi monitor support+no data
HDMI+-
Maximum VGA resolution2048x1536no data
Audio input for HDMIS/PDIF + HDAno data

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.1 (10_1)10.1 (10_1)
Shader Model4.14.1
OpenGL3.13.3
OpenCL1.11.1
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA+-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 12 October 2009 7 January 2010
Chip lithography 40 nm 55 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 58 Watt 15 Watt

GT 220 has a 37.5% more advanced lithography process.

ATI Mobility HD 5145, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 months, and 286.7% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GT 220 and Mobility Radeon HD 5145. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GT 220 is a desktop card while Mobility Radeon HD 5145 is a notebook one.


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NVIDIA GeForce GT 220
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