GeForce 210 vs GTX 1080 Mobile

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking131not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation38.92no data
Power efficiency17.58no data
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013)
GPU code nameGP104GT218
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date15 August 2016 (8 years ago)12 October 2009 (14 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$499.99 $29.49

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores256016
CUDA cores256016
Core clock speed1607 MHz589 MHz
Boost clock speed1771 MHzno data
Number of transistors7,200 million260 million
Manufacturing process technology16 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)150 Watt30.5 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature94 °C105 °C
Texture fill rate283.44.160
Floating-point processing power9.068 TFLOPS0.03936 TFLOPS
ROPs644
TMUs1608

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 sizelargeno data
Bus supportPCIe 3.0PCI-E 2.0
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 2.0 x16
Lengthno data168 mm
Heightno data2.731" (6.9 cm)
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 typeGDDR5GDDR2
Maximum RAM amount8 GB512 MB
Memory bus width256 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed10 GB/s500 MHz
Memory bandwidth320 GB/s8.0 GB/s
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 ConnectorsDP 1.42, HDMI 2.0b, DL-DVIDVIVGADisplayPort
Multi monitor support++
HDMI-+
Maximum VGA resolutionno data2048x1536
G-SYNC support+-
Audio input for HDMIno dataInternal

Supported technologies

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

GPU Boost3.0no data
VR Ready+no data
Ansel+no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)11.1 (10_1)
Shader Model6.44.1
OpenGL4.53.1
OpenCL1.21.1
Vulkan1.2.131N/A
CUDA++

Pros & cons summary


Recency 15 August 2016 12 October 2009
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 512 MB
Chip lithography 16 nm 40 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 150 Watt 30 Watt

GTX 1080 Mobile has an age advantage of 6 years, a 1500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 150% more advanced lithography process.

GeForce 210, on the other hand, has 400% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile and GeForce 210. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile is a notebook card while GeForce 210 is a desktop one.


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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile
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