GMA 3000 vs GeForce G210M
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in performance ranking | not rated | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | GT2xx (2009−2012) | Generation 4.0 (2006−2007) |
| GPU code name | N10M-GS | Broadwater |
| Market segment | Laptop | Desktop |
| Release date | 15 June 2009 (15 years ago) | 1 June 2006 (18 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
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 cores | 16 | no data |
| CUDA cores | 16 | no data |
| Core clock speed | 625 MHz | 400 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 260 million | no data |
| Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm | 90 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 14 Watt | 13 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 5.000 | 1.600 |
| Floating-point performance | 0.048 gflops | no data |
| Gigaflops | 72 | 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).
| Bus support | PCI-E 2.0 | no data |
| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | PCIe 1.0 x16 |
| Width | no data | IGP |
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 | GDDR2, GDDR3 | System Shared |
| Maximum RAM amount | Up to 1 GB | System Shared |
| Memory bus width | 64 Bit | System Shared |
| Memory clock speed | Up to 500 (DDR2), Up to 800 (DDR3), Up to 800 (GDDR3) MHz | System Shared |
| Memory bandwidth | 12.8 GB/s | no data |
| Shared memory | - | no 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 Connectors | Dual Link DVIDisplayPortHDMISingle Link DVIVGA | No outputs |
| Multi monitor support | + | no data |
| HDMI | + | - |
| Maximum VGA resolution | 2048x1536 | no data |
Supported technologies
Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.
| Power management | 8.0 | no data |
API compatibility
List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 11.1 (10_1) | 9.0c |
| Shader Model | 4.1 | 3.0 |
| OpenGL | 2.1 | 2.0 |
| OpenCL | 1.1 | N/A |
| Vulkan | N/A | N/A |
| CUDA | + | - |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 15 June 2009 | 1 June 2006 |
| Chip lithography | 40 nm | 90 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 14 Watt | 13 Watt |
GeForce G210M has an age advantage of 3 years, and a 125% more advanced lithography process.
GMA 3000, on the other hand, has 7.7% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between GeForce G210M and GMA 3000. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that GeForce G210M is a notebook card while GMA 3000 is a desktop one.
Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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