Radeon Vega 7 vs GeForce GT 220M

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce GT 220M and Radeon Vega 7, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

GT 220M
2009
512 MB GDDR3, 14 Watt
0.31

Vega 7 outperforms GT 220M by a whopping 2310% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1327541
Place by popularitynot in top-10010
Power efficiency1.5511.41
ArchitectureTesla (2006−2010)GCN 5.1 (2018−2022)
GPU code nameG96CCezanne
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date15 June 2009 (15 years ago)13 April 2021 (3 years ago)

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores32448
Core clock speed500 MHz300 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1900 MHz
Number of transistors314 million9,800 million
Manufacturing process technology55 nm7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)14 Watt45 Watt
Texture fill rate8.00053.20
Floating-point processing power0.08 TFLOPS1.702 TFLOPS
ROPs88
TMUs1628

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).

InterfaceMXM-IIIGP
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

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 typeGDDR3System Shared
Maximum RAM amount512 MBSystem Shared
Memory bus width128 BitSystem Shared
Memory clock speed800 MHzSystem Shared
Memory bandwidth25.6 GB/sno data
Shared memory-+

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 ConnectorsNo outputsNo outputs

API and SDK compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX11.1 (10_0)12 (12_1)
Shader Model4.06.4
OpenGL3.34.6
OpenCL1.12.1
VulkanN/A1.2
CUDA1.1-

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

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

Full HD0−124
1440p1−2
−2400%
25
+2400%
4K0−118

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Atomic Heart 1−2
−1600%
16−18
+1600%
Counter-Strike 2 7−8
−100%
14−16
+100%
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
−1700%
18
+1700%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Atomic Heart 1−2
−1600%
16−18
+1600%
Counter-Strike 2 7−8
−100%
14−16
+100%
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
−1300%
14
+1300%
Forza Horizon 4 3−4
−1133%
37
+1133%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 7−8
−257%
24−27
+257%
Valorant 24−27
−188%
75−80
+188%

Full HD
High Preset

Atomic Heart 1−2
−1600%
16−18
+1600%
Counter-Strike 2 7−8
−100%
14−16
+100%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 12−14
−346%
58
+346%
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
−900%
10
+900%
Dota 2 10−11
−2300%
240−250
+2300%
Forza Horizon 4 3−4
−1067%
35
+1067%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 7−8
−229%
23
+229%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 4−5
−375%
19
+375%
Valorant 24−27
−181%
73
+181%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Counter-Strike 2 7−8
−100%
14−16
+100%
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
−800%
9
+800%
Dota 2 10−11
−2300%
240−250
+2300%
Forza Horizon 4 3−4
−800%
27
+800%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 7−8
−257%
24−27
+257%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 4−5
−225%
13
+225%
Valorant 24−27
+4%
25
−4%

1440p
High Preset

PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 2−3
−1850%
35−40
+1850%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 0−1 6−7
Forza Horizon 4 1−2
−1600%
16−18
+1600%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 1−2
−1000%
10−12
+1000%

1440p
Epic Preset

Fortnite 0−1 14−16

4K
High Preset

Atomic Heart 0−1 6−7
Grand Theft Auto V 14−16
−20%
18−20
+20%
Valorant 2−3
−1150%
25
+1150%

4K
Ultra Preset

Far Cry 5 1−2
−600%
7−8
+600%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 2−3
−250%
7−8
+250%

4K
Epic Preset

Fortnite 2−3
−250%
7−8
+250%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5 28
+0%
28
+0%
Far Cry 5 20
+0%
20
+0%
Fortnite 63
+0%
63
+0%
Forza Horizon 5 18
+0%
18
+0%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5 23
+0%
23
+0%
Far Cry 5 18
+0%
18
+0%
Fortnite 27
+0%
27
+0%
Forza Horizon 5 16−18
+0%
16−18
+0%
Grand Theft Auto V 17
+0%
17
+0%
Metro Exodus 13
+0%
13
+0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 21
+0%
21
+0%
Far Cry 5 18
+0%
18
+0%
Forza Horizon 5 12
+0%
12
+0%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Fortnite 14
+0%
14
+0%

1440p
High Preset

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 50−55
+0%
50−55
+0%
Grand Theft Auto V 9−10
+0%
9−10
+0%
Metro Exodus 7−8
+0%
7−8
+0%
Valorant 48
+0%
48
+0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 12−14
+0%
12−14
+0%
Counter-Strike 2 9−10
+0%
9−10
+0%
Far Cry 5 14−16
+0%
14−16
+0%
Forza Horizon 5 12−14
+0%
12−14
+0%

4K
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Metro Exodus 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 5−6
+0%
5−6
+0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 6−7
+0%
6−7
+0%
Counter-Strike 2 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 10−12
+0%
10−12
+0%
Forza Horizon 5 5−6
+0%
5−6
+0%

This is how GT 220M and Vega 7 compete in popular games:

  • Vega 7 is 2400% faster in 1440p

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

  • in Valorant, with 1080p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the GT 220M is 4% faster.
  • in PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS, with 1440p resolution and the High Preset, the Vega 7 is 1850% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • GT 220M is ahead in 1 test (2%)
  • Vega 7 is ahead in 30 tests (49%)
  • there's a draw in 30 tests (49%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.31 7.47
Recency 15 June 2009 13 April 2021
Chip lithography 55 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 14 Watt 45 Watt

GT 220M has 221.4% lower power consumption.

Vega 7, on the other hand, has a 2309.7% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 11 years, and a 685.7% more advanced lithography process.

The Radeon Vega 7 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GT 220M in performance tests.

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NVIDIA GeForce GT 220M
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