NVIDIA started GeForce GT 220 sales 12 October 2009 at a recommended price of $79.99. This is a Tesla 2.0 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 a single-slot graphics card attached via PCIe 2.0 x16 interface. Its manufacturer default version has a length of 168 mm. No additional power connector is required, and power consumption is at 58 Watt.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	1253
Place by popularity	not in top-100
Power efficiency	0.69	of 100.00 (Radeon 890M)
Architecture	Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013)
GPU code name	GT216
Market segment	Desktop
Release date	12 October 2009 (15 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$79.99	of 14,999 (Quadro Plex 7000)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the performance-to-price ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices for comparison.

Performance to price scatter graph

Detailed specifications

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 24064 (RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell)
Core clock speed	625 MHz	of 2670 MHz (Arc B580)
Number of transistors	486 million	of 153,000 million (Radeon Instinct MI300)
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	of 3 nm (GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop)
Power consumption (TDP)	58 Watt	of 2400 Watt (Data Center GPU Max Subsystem)
Maximum GPU temperature	105 °C
Texture fill rate	9.840	of 2,554 (Radeon Instinct MI300X)
Floating-point processing power	0.1277 TFLOPS	of 126 (RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell)
ROPs	8	of 512 (Moore Threads MTT S4000)
TMUs	16	of 1280 (Data Center GPU Max NEXT)

Form factor & 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	168 mm
Height	4.376" (11.1 cm)
Width	1-slot

VRAM capacity and type

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 288 GB (Radeon Instinct MI325X)
Memory bus width	128 Bit	of 8192 Bit (Radeon Instinct MI250X)
Memory clock speed	790 MHz	of 20000 (RTX 5000 Ada Generation Mobile)
Memory bandwidth	25.3 GB/s	of 5,171 GB/s (Radeon Instinct MI300X)

Connectivity and outputs

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 and SDK compatibility

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 5090 D)
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 score.

GT 220 0.56

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. 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.

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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

Cost per frame, $

1080p

3.81

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077	1−2
Dead Island 2	0−1

Full HD
Medium Preset

Cyberpunk 2077	1−2
Dead Island 2	0−1
Forza Horizon 4	4−5
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	8−9
Valorant	27−30

Full HD
High Preset

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive	16−18
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2
Dead Island 2	0−1
Dota 2	10−12
Forza Horizon 4	4−5
Metro Exodus	1−2
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	8−9
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	5−6
Valorant	27−30

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077	1−2
Dead Island 2	0−1
Dota 2	10−12
Forza Horizon 4	4−5
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	8−9
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	5−6
Valorant	27−30

1440p
High Preset

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive	2−3
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	3−4

1440p
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077	0−1
Dead Island 2	3−4
Forza Horizon 4	1−2
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	1−2

1440p
Epic Preset

Fortnite

1−2

4K
High Preset

Dead Island 2	2−3
Grand Theft Auto V	16−18
Valorant	3−4

4K
Ultra Preset

Dead Island 2	2−3
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	2−3

4K
Epic Preset

Fortnite

2−3

Closest competitors

GeForce GT 220's performance relative to its closest rivals among desktop graphics cards.

GeForce 7600 GT 107.14

Radeon HD 4550 105.36

Radeon R5 230 100

GeForce GT 220 100

GeForce 9500 GS 96.43

Radeon HD 2600 PRO 94.64

Radeon HD 4650 AGP 92.86

AMD equivalent

According to our data, the closest AMD alternative to GeForce GT 220 is Radeon R5 230, which is nearly equal in speed and higher by 1 position in our ranking.