GeForce 210 vs Radeon R4 (Kaveri)

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon R4 (Kaveri) with GeForce 210, including specs and performance data.

R4 (Kaveri)
2014
0.86
+187%

R4 (Kaveri) outperforms 210 by a whopping 187% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking11301323
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data0.67
ArchitectureGCN 1.1 (2014)Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013)
GPU code nameKaveriGT218
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date4 June 2014 (10 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 cores19216
Core clock speed533 MHz589 MHz
Number of transistors2410 Million260 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data30.5 Watt
Maximum GPU temperatureno data105 °C
Texture fill rateno data4.160
Floating-point processing powerno data0.03936 TFLOPS
ROPsno data4
TMUsno data8

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 supportno dataPCI-E 2.0
Interfaceno dataPCIe 2.0 x16
Lengthno data168 mm
Heightno data2.731" (6.9 cm)
Widthno data1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

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 typeno dataGDDR2
Maximum RAM amountno data512 MB
Memory bus width64/128 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speedno data500 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data8.0 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 Connectorsno dataDVIVGADisplayPort
Multi monitor supportno data+
HDMI-+
Maximum VGA resolutionno data2048x1536
Audio input for HDMIno dataInternal

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (FL 12_0)11.1 (10_1)
Shader Modelno data4.1
OpenGLno data3.1
OpenCLno data1.1
Vulkan-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:

Full HD7
+250%
2−3
−250%

Cost per frame, $

1080pno data14.75

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
+200%
1−2
−200%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 5−6
+400%
1−2
−400%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3−4
+200%
1−2
−200%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
+200%
1−2
−200%
Far Cry 5 0−1 0−1
Far Cry New Dawn 2−3 0−1
Hitman 3 5−6
+400%
1−2
−400%
Horizon Zero Dawn 12−14
+200%
4−5
−200%
Red Dead Redemption 2 1−2 0−1
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 7−8
+250%
2−3
−250%
Watch Dogs: Legion 30−35
+210%
10−11
−210%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 5−6
+400%
1−2
−400%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3−4
+200%
1−2
−200%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
+200%
1−2
−200%
Far Cry 5 0−1 0−1
Far Cry New Dawn 2−3 0−1
Hitman 3 5−6
+400%
1−2
−400%
Horizon Zero Dawn 12−14
+200%
4−5
−200%
Red Dead Redemption 2 1−2 0−1
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 7−8
+250%
2−3
−250%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 10−11
+233%
3−4
−233%
Watch Dogs: Legion 30−35
+210%
10−11
−210%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 5−6
+400%
1−2
−400%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3−4
+200%
1−2
−200%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
+200%
1−2
−200%
Far Cry 5 0−1 0−1
Hitman 3 5−6
+400%
1−2
−400%
Horizon Zero Dawn 12−14
+200%
4−5
−200%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 7−8
+250%
2−3
−250%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 10−11
+233%
3−4
−233%
Watch Dogs: Legion 30−35
+210%
10−11
−210%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 1−2 0−1

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 0−1 0−1
Far Cry New Dawn 1−2 0−1

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 0−1 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2 0−1
Far Cry 5 1−2 0−1
Hitman 3 7−8
+250%
2−3
−250%
Horizon Zero Dawn 4−5
+300%
1−2
−300%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 0−1 0−1
Watch Dogs: Legion 3−4
+200%
1−2
−200%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 3−4
+200%
1−2
−200%

4K
High Preset

Far Cry New Dawn 0−1 0−1

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 1−2 0−1
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 0−1 0−1
Far Cry 5 0−1 0−1

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 2−3 0−1

This is how R4 (Kaveri) and GeForce 210 compete in popular games:

  • R4 (Kaveri) is 250% faster in 1080p

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.86 0.30
Recency 4 June 2014 12 October 2009
Chip lithography 28 nm 40 nm

R4 (Kaveri) has a 186.7% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 4 years, and a 42.9% more advanced lithography process.

The Radeon R4 (Kaveri) is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce 210 in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon R4 (Kaveri) is a notebook card while GeForce 210 is a desktop one.


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