Quadro T2000 Max-Q vs GeForce 210 PCI

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated302
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data31.96
ArchitectureTesla 2.0 (2007−2013)Turing (2018−2022)
GPU code nameGT216TU117
Market segmentDesktopMobile workstation
Release date12 October 2009 (15 years ago)27 May 2019 (5 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 cores161024
Core clock speed475 MHz1200 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1620 MHz
Number of transistors486 million4,700 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)31 Watt40 Watt
Texture fill rate3.800103.7
Floating-point processing power0.0352 TFLOPS3.318 TFLOPS
ROPs432
TMUs864

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 sizeno datamedium sized
InterfacePCIPCIe 3.0 x16
Length145 mmno data
Width1-slotno data
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 typeDDR2GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount512 MB4 GB
Memory bus width64 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed400 MHz2000 MHz
Memory bandwidth6.4 GB/s128.0 GB/s
Shared memoryno 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 ConnectorsNo outputsNo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.1 (10_1)12 (12_1)
Shader Model4.16.5
OpenGL3.34.6
OpenCL1.11.2
VulkanN/A1.2.131
CUDA1.27.5

Pros & cons summary


Recency 12 October 2009 27 May 2019
Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 4 GB
Chip lithography 40 nm 12 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 31 Watt 40 Watt

210 PCI has 29% lower power consumption.

T2000 Max-Q, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 9 years, a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 233.3% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce 210 PCI and Quadro T2000 Max-Q. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce 210 PCI is a desktop card while Quadro T2000 Max-Q is a mobile workstation one.


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NVIDIA GeForce 210 PCI
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