Arctic Sound 2T vs GeForce 210 Rev. 2
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Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013) | Generation 12.5 (2021−2023) |
| GPU code name | GT218 | Arctic Sound |
| Market segment | Desktop | Workstation |
| Release date | 12 October 2009 (16 years ago) | 2021 (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 cores | 16 | 7680 ×2 |
| Core clock speed | 520 MHz | 900 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 260 million | 8,000 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm | 10 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 31 Watt | 500 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 4.160 | 216.0 ×2 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.03936 TFLOPS | 13.82 TFLOPS ×2 |
| ROPs | 4 | 120 ×2 |
| TMUs | 8 | 240 ×2 |
| L2 Cache | 32 KB | 8 MB |
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).
| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
| Length | 168 mm | 267 mm |
| Width | 1-slot | 2-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | 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 | DDR3 | HBM2e |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | 16 GB ×2 |
| Memory bus width | 64 Bit | 4096 Bit ×2 |
| Memory clock speed | 400 MHz | 1200 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 6.4 GB/s | 1.23 TB/s ×2 |
Connectivity and outputs
This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.
| Display Connectors | 1x DVI, 1x DisplayPort, 1x VGA | No outputs |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 11.1 (10_1) | 12 (12_1) |
| Shader Model | 4.1 | 6.6 |
| OpenGL | 3.3 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.1 | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | N/A | N/A |
| CUDA | 1.2 | - |
Pros & cons summary
| Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | 16 GB |
| Chip lithography | 40 nm | 10 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 31 Watt | 500 Watt |
210 Rev. 2 has 1513% lower power consumption.
Arctic Sound 2T, on the other hand, has a 1500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 300% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between GeForce 210 Rev. 2 and Arctic Sound 2T. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that GeForce 210 Rev. 2 is a desktop graphics card while Arctic Sound 2T is a workstation one.
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