Radeon X850 XT Platinum AGP vs GeForce GT 610 PCIe x1

Primary Details

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

Place in performance ranking	not rated	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Architecture	Fermi 2.0 (2010−2014)	R400 (2004−2008)
GPU code name	GF119	R481
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	2 April 2012 (12 years ago)	28 February 2005 (19 years ago)
Current price	$52	$240

Detailed Specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	48	no data
Core clock speed	810 MHz	540 MHz
Number of transistors	292 million	160 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	130 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	29 Watt	67 Watt
Texture fill rate	6.480	8.640
Floating-point performance	155.5 gflops	no data

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).

Interface	PCIe 2.0 x1	AGP 8x
Length	145 mm	no data
Width	1-slot	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x Molex

Memory type	DDR3	GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	256 MB
Memory bus width	64 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz	1180 MHz
Memory bandwidth	8 GB/s	37.76 GB/s

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 Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
HDMI	+	no data

API Compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (11_0)	9.0b (9_2)
Shader Model	5.1	no data
OpenGL	4.6	2.0
OpenCL	1.1	N/A
Vulkan	N/A	N/A
CUDA	2.1	no data

Pros & Cons Summary

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Recency	2 April 2012	28 February 2005
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	256 MB
Chip lithography	40 nm	130 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	29 Watt	67 Watt

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