GeForce 210 vs ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5650

Place in the ranking	1009	1325
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	6.42	0.69
Architecture	TeraScale 2 (2009−2015)	Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013)
GPU code name	Madison	GT218
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	7 January 2010 (15 years ago)	12 October 2009 (15 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$29.49

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 cores	400	16
Core clock speed	450 MHz	589 MHz
Boost clock speed	650 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	627 million	260 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	30.5 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature	no data	105 °C
Texture fill rate	9.000	4.160
Floating-point processing power	0.36 TFLOPS	0.03936 TFLOPS
ROPs	8	4
TMUs	20	8

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 size	medium sized	no data
Bus support	no data	PCI-E 2.0
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	no data	168 mm
Height	no data	2.731" (6.9 cm)
Width	no data	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	no data	None

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 type	GDDR3	GDDR2
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	512 MB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	800 MHz	500 MHz
Memory bandwidth	25.6 GB/s	8.0 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 Connectors	No outputs	DVIVGADisplayPort
Multi monitor support	no data	+
HDMI	-	+
Maximum VGA resolution	no data	2048x1536
Audio input for HDMI	no data	Internal

API compatibility

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

DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	11.1 (10_1)
Shader Model	5.0	4.1
OpenGL	4.4	3.1
OpenCL	1.2	1.1
Vulkan	N/A	N/A
CUDA	-	+

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

900p	15 +400%	3−4 −400%
Full HD	16 +433%	3−4 −433%

Cost per frame, $

1080p

no data

9.83

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2	9−10 +800%	1−2 −800%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5	0−1
Elden Ring	1−2	0−1

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5	1−2	0−1
Counter-Strike 2	9−10 +800%	1−2 −800%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5	0−1
Forza Horizon 4	9−10 +800%	1−2 −800%
Red Dead Redemption 2	7−8 +600%	1−2 −600%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5	1−2	0−1
Counter-Strike 2	9−10 +800%	1−2 −800%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5	0−1
Dota 2	1−2	0−1
Elden Ring	1−2	0−1
Far Cry 5	10−12 +450%	2−3 −450%
Fortnite	6−7 +500%	1−2 −500%
Forza Horizon 4	9−10 +800%	1−2 −800%
Grand Theft Auto V	2−3	0−1
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	14−16 +400%	3−4 −400%
Red Dead Redemption 2	7−8 +600%	1−2 −600%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	7−8 +600%	1−2 −600%
World of Tanks	39 +388%	8−9 −388%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	1−2	0−1
Counter-Strike 2	9−10 +800%	1−2 −800%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5	0−1
Dota 2	1−2	0−1
Far Cry 5	10−12 +450%	2−3 −450%
Forza Horizon 4	9−10 +800%	1−2 −800%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	14−16 +400%	3−4 −400%

1440p
High Preset

PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	9−10 +800%	1−2 −800%
Red Dead Redemption 2	0−1	0−1
World of Tanks	8−9 +700%	1−2 −700%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Counter-Strike 2	9−10 +800%	1−2 −800%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3	0−1
Far Cry 5	5−6 +400%	1−2 −400%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	3−4	0−1
Valorant	7−8 +600%	1−2 −600%

4K
High Preset

Dota 2	16−18 +433%	3−4 −433%
Elden Ring	0−1	0−1
Grand Theft Auto V	14−16 +400%	3−4 −400%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	4−5	0−1
Red Dead Redemption 2	0−1	0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	14−16 +400%	3−4 −400%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	1−2	0−1
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2	0−1
Dota 2	16−18 +433%	3−4 −433%
Far Cry 5	1−2	0−1
Valorant	1−2	0−1

This is how ATI Mobility HD 5650 and GeForce 210 compete in popular games:

ATI Mobility HD 5650 is 400% faster in 900p
ATI Mobility HD 5650 is 433% faster in 1080p

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	1.40	0.31
Recency	7 January 2010	12 October 2009
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	512 MB
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	30 Watt

ATI Mobility HD 5650 has a 351.6% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 2 months, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and 100% lower power consumption.

The Mobility Radeon HD 5650 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce 210 in performance tests.

Be aware that Mobility Radeon HD 5650 is a notebook card while GeForce 210 is a desktop one.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.