GeForce 210 PCI vs Quadro FX 4600

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1084not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.01no data
Power efficiency0.56no data
ArchitectureTesla (2006−2010)Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013)
GPU code nameG80GT216
Market segmentWorkstationDesktop
Release date5 March 2007 (17 years ago)12 October 2009 (15 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$1,999 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 cores9616
Core clock speed500 MHz475 MHz
Number of transistors681 million486 million
Manufacturing process technology90 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)134 Watt31 Watt
Texture fill rate24.003.800
Floating-point processing power0.2304 TFLOPS0.0352 TFLOPS
ROPs244
TMUs248

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 x16PCI
Length229 mm145 mm
Width2-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pinNone

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 typeGDDR3DDR2
Maximum RAM amount768 MB512 MB
Memory bus width384 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed700 MHz400 MHz
Memory bandwidth67.2 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 Connectors2x DVI, 1x S-VideoNo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.1 (10_0)11.1 (10_1)
Shader Model4.04.1
OpenGL3.33.3
OpenCL1.11.1
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA+1.2

Pros & cons summary


Recency 5 March 2007 12 October 2009
Maximum RAM amount 768 MB 512 MB
Chip lithography 90 nm 40 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 134 Watt 31 Watt

FX 4600 has a 50% higher maximum VRAM amount.

210 PCI, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 years, a 125% more advanced lithography process, and 332.3% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Quadro FX 4600 and GeForce 210 PCI. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Quadro FX 4600 is a workstation graphics card while GeForce 210 PCI is a desktop one.


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

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NVIDIA Quadro FX 4600
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