AMD Radeon HD 8210E vs NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GS

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General info

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

Place in performance rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureCurie (2003−2013)GCN 2.0 (2013−2017)
GPU code nameNV41Kalindi
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date7 November 2005 (18 years old)23 April 2013 (10 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)$249 no data
Current price$181 (0.7x MSRP)no data

Technical specs

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA coresno data128
Core clock speed425 MHz300 MHz
Number of transistors222 million1,178 million
Manufacturing process technology130 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data9 Watt
Texture fill rate5.1002.400

Size and 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).

InterfacePCIe 1.0 x16IGP
Width1-slotIGP
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pinno data

Memory

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 typeGDDR3System Shared
Maximum RAM amount256 MBSystem Shared
Memory bus width256 BitSystem Shared
Memory clock speed1000 MHzSystem Shared
Memory bandwidth32 GB/sno data

Video outputs and ports

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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-VideoNo outputs

API support

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

DirectX9.0c (9_3)12 (12_0)
Shader Model3.06.3
OpenGL2.14.6
OpenCLN/A2.0
VulkanN/A1.2.131

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

6800 GS 191
HD 8210E 193
+1%

Radeon HD 8210E outperforms GeForce 6800 GS by 1% in Passmark.

Advantages and disadvantages


Recency 7 November 2005 23 April 2013
Maximum RAM amount 256 MB System Shared
Chip lithography 130 nm 28 nm

We couldn't decide between GeForce 6800 GS and Radeon HD 8210E. We've got no test results to judge.


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