ATI Rage Mobility 128 AGP 4X vs GeForce 210 Rev. 2
Contents
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) | Rage 4 (1998−1999) |
| GPU code name | GT218 | M4 |
| Market segment | Desktop | Laptop |
| Release date | 12 October 2009 (16 years ago) | 1 October 1999 (26 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 | no data |
| Core clock speed | 520 MHz | 105 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 260 million | 8 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm | 250 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 31 Watt | no data |
| Texture fill rate | 4.160 | 0.21 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.03936 TFLOPS | no data |
| ROPs | 4 | 2 |
| TMUs | 8 | 2 |
| L2 Cache | 32 KB | no data |
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 | AGP 4x |
| Length | 168 mm | no data |
| Width | 1-slot | no data |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | no data |
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 | DDR |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | 16 MB |
| Memory bus width | 64 Bit | 64 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 400 MHz | 105 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 6.4 GB/s | 1.68 GB/s |
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 | 1x DB13W3 |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 11.1 (10_1) | 6.0 |
| Shader Model | 4.1 | no data |
| OpenGL | 3.3 | 1.2 |
| OpenCL | 1.1 | N/A |
| Vulkan | N/A | N/A |
| CUDA | 1.2 | - |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 12 October 2009 | 1 October 1999 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | 16 MB |
| Chip lithography | 40 nm | 250 nm |
210 Rev. 2 has an age advantage of 10 years, a 6300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 525% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between GeForce 210 Rev. 2 and Rage Mobility 128 AGP 4X. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that GeForce 210 Rev. 2 is a desktop graphics card while Rage Mobility 128 AGP 4X is a notebook one.
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