GeForce 210 PCI vs GT 325M

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1245not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency1.31no data
ArchitectureTesla 2.0 (2007−2013)Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013)
GPU code nameGT216GT216
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date10 January 2010 (14 years ago)12 October 2009 (15 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 cores4816
Core clock speed450 MHz475 MHz
Number of transistors486 million486 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)23 Watt31 Watt
Texture fill rate7.2003.800
Floating-point processing power0.09504 TFLOPS0.0352 TFLOPS
Gigaflops142no data
ROPs84
TMUs168

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).

Laptop sizemedium sizedno data
Bus supportPCI-E 2.0no data
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCI
Lengthno data145 mm
Widthno data1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone
SLI options+-

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 typeDDR3DDR2
Maximum RAM amount1 GB512 MB
Memory bus width128 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speedUp to 1066 (DDR3), Up to 800 (GDDR3) MHz400 MHz
Memory bandwidth22.4 GB/s6.4 GB/s
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 ConnectorsDual Link DVIDisplayPortHDMIVGASingle Link DVINo outputs
Multi monitor support+no data
HDMI+-
Maximum VGA resolution2048x1536no data

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

Power management8.0no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.1 (10_1)11.1 (10_1)
Shader Model4.14.1
OpenGL2.13.3
OpenCL1.11.1
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA+1.2

Pros & cons summary


Recency 10 January 2010 12 October 2009
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 512 MB
Power consumption (TDP) 23 Watt 31 Watt

GT 325M has an age advantage of 2 months, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and 34.8% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GT 325M and GeForce 210 PCI. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GT 325M is a notebook card while GeForce 210 PCI is a desktop one.


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NVIDIA GeForce GT 325M
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