NVIDIA started GeForce GT 220 sales 12 October 2009 at a recommended price of $79.99 . This is a GT2xx architecture desktop card based on 40 nm manufacturing process and primarily aimed at office use. 1 GB of GDDR3 memory clocked at 0.79 GHz are supplied, and together with 128 Bit memory interface this creates a bandwidth of 25.3 GB/s.

Compatibility-wise, this is single-slot card attached via PCIe 2.0 x16 interface. Its manufacturer default version has a length of 6.6" (16.8 cm). No additional power connector is required, and power consumption is at 58 Watt.

General info

Some basic facts about GeForce GT 220: architecture, market segment, release date etc.

Place in performance ranking	1171
Place by popularity	not in top-100
Architecture	GT2xx (2009−2012)
GPU code name	GT216
Market segment	Desktop
Release date	12 October 2009 (14 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$79.99
Current price	$121 (1.5x MSRP)	of 168889 (A100 PCIe 80 GB)

Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Technical specs

GeForce GT 220's specs such as number of shaders, GPU base clock, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of GeForce GT 220's performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider its benchmark and gaming test results.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	48	of 20480 (Data Center GPU Max NEXT)
CUDA cores	48
Core clock speed	625 MHz	of 2610 (Radeon RX 6500 XT)
Number of transistors	486 million	of 14400 (GeForce GTX 1070 SLI Mobile)
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	of 4 (Radeon 780M)
Power consumption (TDP)	58 Watt	of 2400 (Data Center GPU Max Subsystem)
Maximum GPU temperature	105 °C
Texture fill rate	9.840	of 969.9 (H100 SXM5 96 GB)
Floating-point performance	144 gflops	of 16384 (Radeon Pro Duo)

Size and compatibility

This section provides details about the physical dimensions of GeForce GT 220 and its compatibility with other computer components. This information is useful when selecting a computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards, it includes details about the interface and bus (for motherboard compatibility) and additional power connectors (for power supply compatibility).

Bus support	PCI-E 2.0
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	6.6" (16.8 cm)
Height	4.376" (11.1 cm)
Width	1-slot

Memory

Parameters of memory installed on GeForce GT 220: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Note that GPUs integrated into processors have no dedicated memory and use a shared part of system RAM instead.

Memory type	GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	of 192 (Radeon Instinct MI300X)
Memory bus width	128 Bit	of 8192 (Radeon Instinct MI250X)
Memory clock speed	790 MHz	of 23000 (GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER)
Memory bandwidth	25.3 GB/s	of 3276 (Aldebaran)

Video outputs and ports

Types and number of video connectors present on GeForce GT 220. As a rule, this section is relevant only for desktop reference graphics cards, since for notebook ones the availability of certain video outputs depends on the laptop model, while non-reference desktop models can (though not necessarily will) bear a different set of video ports.

Display Connectors	VGADVIHDMI
Multi monitor support	+
HDMI	+
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536
Audio input for HDMI	S/PDIF + HDA

API support

APIs supported by GeForce GT 220, sometimes including their particular versions.

DirectX	11.1 (10_1)
Shader Model	4.1
OpenGL	3.1	of 4.6 (GeForce RTX 4090)
OpenCL	1.1
Vulkan	N/A
CUDA	+

Benchmark performance

Synthetic benchmark performance of GeForce GT 220. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

GT 220 0.55

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%

GT 220 214

Gaming performance

Let's see how good GeForce GT 220 is for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in frames per second. Comparisons with game system requirements are included, but remember that sometimes official requirements may reflect reality inaccurately.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular modern games across different resolutions:

Full HD

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

3−4

Full HD
Medium Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	8−9
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4
Red Dead Redemption 2	2−3
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	6−7

Full HD
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	8−9
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4
Metro Exodus	1−2
Red Dead Redemption 2	2−3
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	6−7
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	3−4

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077	3−4
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	3−4

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3
Hitman 3	3−4
Horizon Zero Dawn	8−9
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	4−5

1440p
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077	1−2
Far Cry 5	1−2
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	1−2

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	1−2
Hitman 3	1−2
Horizon Zero Dawn	7−8

4K
Ultra Preset

Far Cry 5	3−4
Far Cry New Dawn	5−6

Relative performance

GeForce GT 220's performance compared to nearest competitors among desktop video cards.

Radeon E6465 109.09

Radeon R5 230 103.64

GeForce 7600 GT 101.82

GeForce GT 220 100

Radeon HD 2600 PRO 98.18

Radeon HD 4650 AGP 96.36

GeForce 7950 GX2 94.55

AMD equivalent

According to our data, the closest AMD alternative to GeForce GT 220 is Radeon HD 2600 PRO, which is slower by 2% and lower by 3 positions in our ranking.