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. 512 MB of DDR3 memory clocked at 790 GHz are supplied, and together with 128 Bit memory interface this creates a bandwidth of 32 GB/s.

Compatibility-wise, this is single-slot 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 performance ranking	1174
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

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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 20480 (Data Center GPU Max NEXT)
Core clock speed	615 MHz	of 2610 (Radeon RX 6500 XT)
Number of transistors	486 million	of 14400 (GeForce GTX 1080 SLI Mobile)
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	of 4 (H100 PCIe)
Power consumption (TDP)	58 Watt	of 2400 (Data Center GPU Max Subsystem)
Texture fill rate	9.840	of 969.9 (H100 SXM5 96 GB)
Floating-point performance	144 gflops	of 16384 (Radeon Pro Duo)

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).

Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	168 mm
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	DDR3
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	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	32 GB/s	of 3276 (Aldebaran)

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	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
HDMI	+

API compatibility

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

DirectX	11.1 (10_1)
Shader Model	4.1
OpenGL	3.3	of 4.6 (GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile)
OpenCL	1.1
Vulkan	N/A
CUDA	1.2

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 0.57

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 220 219

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

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	4−5
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	3−4
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4
Far Cry New Dawn	1−2
Hitman 3	2−3
Horizon Zero Dawn	8−9
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	5−6
Watch Dogs: Legion	10−11

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	4−5
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	3−4
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4
Far Cry New Dawn	1−2
Hitman 3	2−3
Horizon Zero Dawn	8−9
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	5−6
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	4−5
Watch Dogs: Legion	10−11

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	4−5
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	3−4
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4
Horizon Zero Dawn	8−9
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	5−6
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	4−5
Watch Dogs: Legion	10−11

1440p
High Preset

Far Cry New Dawn

4−5

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	4−5
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2
Hitman 3	6−7
Horizon Zero Dawn	3−4

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

3−4

4K
High Preset

Horizon Zero Dawn

4−5

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	0−1
Horizon Zero Dawn	4−5

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

2−3

Closest competitors

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

Radeon HD 4550 107.02

Radeon E6465 105.26

Radeon R5 230 100

GeForce GT 220 100

GeForce 7600 GT 98.25

Radeon HD 2600 PRO 96.49

Radeon HD 4650 AGP 94.74

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 2 positions in our ranking.