GeForce 210 vs GTS 450 Rev. 2

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce GTS 450 Rev. 2 and GeForce 210, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

GTS 450 Rev. 2
2011
1 GB GDDR5, 106 Watt
4.43
+1377%

GTS 450 Rev. 2 outperforms 210 by a whopping 1377% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking6661326
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency2.860.66
ArchitectureFermi 2.0 (2010−2014)Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013)
GPU code nameGF116GT218
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date15 March 2011 (13 years ago)12 October 2009 (15 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$29.49

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 cores19216
Core clock speed783 MHz589 MHz
Number of transistors1,170 million260 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)106 Watt30.5 Watt
Maximum GPU temperatureno data105 °C
Texture fill rate25.064.160
Floating-point processing power0.6013 TFLOPS0.03936 TFLOPS
ROPs164
TMUs328

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).

Bus supportno dataPCI-E 2.0
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 2.0 x16
Length210 mm168 mm
Heightno data2.731" (6.9 cm)
Width2-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pinNone

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 typeGDDR5GDDR2
Maximum RAM amount1 GB512 MB
Memory bus width128 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed902 MHz500 MHz
Memory bandwidth57.73 GB/s8.0 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 Connectors2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMIDVIVGADisplayPort
Multi monitor supportno data+
HDMI++
Maximum VGA resolutionno data2048x1536
Audio input for HDMIno dataInternal

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)11.1 (10_1)
Shader Model5.14.1
OpenGL4.63.1
OpenCL1.11.1
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA2.1+

Gaming performance

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

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 4.43 0.30
Recency 15 March 2011 12 October 2009
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 512 MB
Power consumption (TDP) 106 Watt 30 Watt

GTS 450 Rev. 2 has a 1376.7% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 1 year, and a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount.

GeForce 210, on the other hand, has 253.3% lower power consumption.

The GeForce GTS 450 Rev. 2 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce 210 in performance tests.


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