GeForce 210 vs ATI Radeon X1950 XT

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated1326
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data0.66
ArchitectureR500 (2005−2007)Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013)
GPU code nameR580+GT218
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date17 October 2006 (18 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 coresno data16
Core clock speed625 MHz589 MHz
Number of transistors384 million260 million
Manufacturing process technology90 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)96 Watt30.5 Watt
Maximum GPU temperatureno data105 °C
Texture fill rate10.004.160
Floating-point processing powerno data0.03936 TFLOPS
ROPs164
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 supportno dataPCI-E 2.0
InterfacePCIe 1.0 x16PCIe 2.0 x16
Lengthno data168 mm
Heightno data2.731" (6.9 cm)
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 typeGDDR3GDDR2
Maximum RAM amount256 MB512 MB
Memory bus width256 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed900 MHz500 MHz
Memory bandwidth57.6 GB/s8.0 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-VideoDVIVGADisplayPort
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.

DirectX9.0c (9_3)11.1 (10_1)
Shader Model3.04.1
OpenGL2.03.1
OpenCLN/A1.1
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA-+

Pros & cons summary


Recency 17 October 2006 12 October 2009
Maximum RAM amount 256 MB 512 MB
Chip lithography 90 nm 40 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 96 Watt 30 Watt

GeForce 210 has an age advantage of 2 years, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 125% more advanced lithography process, and 220% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Radeon X1950 XT and GeForce 210. We've got no test results to judge.


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