GeForce G210 OEM vs GT 525M

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1064not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency3.52no data
ArchitectureFermi (2010−2014)Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code nameGF108G96C
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date5 January 2011 (13 years ago)26 May 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 cores9616
Core clock speed475 MHz550 MHz
Number of transistors585 million314 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm55 nm
Power consumption (TDP)23 Watt31 Watt
Texture fill rate7.6004.400
Floating-point processing power0.1824 TFLOPS0.0432 TFLOPS
ROPs44
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).

Laptop sizemedium sizedno data
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 1.0 x16
Lengthno data168 mm
Widthno data1-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 typeDDR3DDR2
Maximum RAM amount1 GB512 MB
Memory bus width128 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed900 MHz504 MHz
Memory bandwidth28.8 GB/s8.064 GB/s
Shared memory-no data

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 ConnectorsPortable Device Dependent1x DVI, 1x DisplayPort, 1x VGA

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

Optimus+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 API11.1 (10_0)
Shader Model5.14.0
OpenGL4.53.3
OpenCL1.11.1
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA+1.1

Pros & cons summary


Recency 5 January 2011 26 May 2009
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 512 MB
Chip lithography 40 nm 55 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 23 Watt 31 Watt

GT 525M has an age advantage of 1 year, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 37.5% more advanced lithography process, and 34.8% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GT 525M and GeForce G210 OEM. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GT 525M is a notebook card while GeForce G210 OEM is a desktop one.


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