GeForce G210M vs GTX 960M
Aggregate performance score
We've compared GeForce GTX 960M and GeForce G210M, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.
960M outperforms G210M by a whopping 2500% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 560 | 1385 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 8.28 | 1.71 |
| Architecture | Maxwell (2014−2017) | Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013) |
| GPU code name | GM107 | GT218 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Release date | 13 March 2015 (11 years ago) | 15 June 2009 (16 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 cores | 640 | 16 |
| Core clock speed | 1096 MHz | 625 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1176 MHz | no data |
| Number of transistors | 1,870 million | 260 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 40 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 75 Watt | 14 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 47.04 | 5.000 |
| Floating-point processing power | 1.505 TFLOPS | 0.048 TFLOPS |
| Gigaflops | no data | 72 |
| ROPs | 16 | 4 |
| TMUs | 40 | 8 |
| L1 Cache | 320 KB | no data |
| L2 Cache | 2 MB | 32 KB |
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 size | medium sized | no data |
| Bus support | PCI Express 3.0 | PCI-E 2.0 |
| Interface | MXM-B (3.0) | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
| 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 type | GDDR5 | GDDR3 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB | Up to 1 GB |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 64 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 2500 MHz | Up to 500 (DDR2), Up to 800 (DDR3), Up to 800 (GDDR3) MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 80 GB/s | 12.8 GB/s |
| Shared memory | - | - |
Connectivity and outputs
This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.
| Display Connectors | No outputs | Dual Link DVIDisplayPortHDMISingle Link DVIVGA |
| Multi monitor support | no data | + |
| VGA аnalog display support | + | no data |
| DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support | + | no data |
| HDMI | + | + |
| Maximum VGA resolution | no data | 2048x1536 |
Supported technologies
Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.
| GameStream | + | - |
| GeForce ShadowPlay | + | - |
| GPU Boost | 2.0 | no data |
| GameWorks | + | - |
| H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder | + | - |
| Optimus | + | - |
| BatteryBoost | + | - |
| Power management | no data | 8.0 |
| Ansel | + | no data |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (11_0) | 11.1 (10_1) |
| Shader Model | 5.1 | 4.1 |
| OpenGL | 4.5 | 2.1 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 1.1 |
| Vulkan | 1.1.126 | N/A |
| CUDA | + | + |
Synthetic benchmarks
Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.
Combined synthetic benchmark score
This is our combined benchmark score.
Passmark
This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.
3DMark Cloud Gate GPU
Cloud Gate is an outdated DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark that was used for home PCs and basic notebooks. It displays a few scenes of some weird space teleportation device launching spaceships into unknown, using fixed resolution of 1280x720. Just like Ice Storm benchmark, it has been discontinued in January 2020 and replaced by 3DMark Night Raid.
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:
| 900p | 95
+3067%
| 3−4
−3067%
|
| Full HD | 35
+119%
| 16
−119%
|
| 1440p | 15 | 0−1 |
| 4K | 14 | 0−1 |
FPS performance in popular games
Full HD
Low
| Counter-Strike 2 | 40−45
+4100%
|
1−2
−4100%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 16−18
+1600%
|
1−2
−1600%
|
| Resident Evil 4 Remake | 14−16 | 0−1 |
Full HD
Medium
| Battlefield 5 | 38
+3700%
|
1−2
−3700%
|
| Counter-Strike 2 | 40−45
+4100%
|
1−2
−4100%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 16−18
+1600%
|
1−2
−1600%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 28
+2700%
|
1−2
−2700%
|
| Fortnite | 99
+3200%
|
3−4
−3200%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 35
+775%
|
4−5
−775%
|
| Forza Horizon 5 | 24−27 | 0−1 |
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 35
+400%
|
7−8
−400%
|
| Valorant | 80−85
+219%
|
24−27
−219%
|
Full HD
High
| Battlefield 5 | 31
+3000%
|
1−2
−3000%
|
| Counter-Strike 2 | 40−45
+4100%
|
1−2
−4100%
|
| Counter-Strike: Global Offensive | 120−130
+814%
|
14
−814%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 16−18
+1600%
|
1−2
−1600%
|
| Dota 2 | 60−65
+589%
|
9−10
−589%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 25 | 0−1 |
| Fortnite | 40
+3900%
|
1−2
−3900%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 31
+675%
|
4−5
−675%
|
| Forza Horizon 5 | 24−27 | 0−1 |
| Grand Theft Auto V | 31
+3000%
|
1−2
−3000%
|
| Metro Exodus | 12 | 0−1 |
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 29
+314%
|
7−8
−314%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 24
+380%
|
5−6
−380%
|
| Valorant | 80−85
+219%
|
24−27
−219%
|
Full HD
Ultra
| Battlefield 5 | 26
+2500%
|
1−2
−2500%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 16−18
+1600%
|
1−2
−1600%
|
| Dota 2 | 60−65
+589%
|
9−10
−589%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 23 | 0−1 |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 25
+525%
|
4−5
−525%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 18
+157%
|
7−8
−157%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 14
+180%
|
5−6
−180%
|
| Valorant | 80−85
+219%
|
24−27
−219%
|
Full HD
Epic
| Fortnite | 31
+3000%
|
1−2
−3000%
|
1440p
High
| Counter-Strike 2 | 14−16
+400%
|
3−4
−400%
|
| Counter-Strike: Global Offensive | 60−65 | 0−1 |
| Grand Theft Auto V | 10−11 | 0−1 |
| Metro Exodus | 8−9 | 0−1 |
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 40−45
+1367%
|
3−4
−1367%
|
| Valorant | 90−95
+2933%
|
3−4
−2933%
|
1440p
Ultra
| Battlefield 5 | 17 | 0−1 |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 6−7 | 0−1 |
| Far Cry 5 | 15 | 0−1 |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 18
+1700%
|
1−2
−1700%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 10−12
+1000%
|
1−2
−1000%
|
1440p
Epic
| Fortnite | 18 | 0−1 |
4K
High
| Counter-Strike 2 | 2−3 | 0−1 |
| Grand Theft Auto V | 20
+42.9%
|
14−16
−42.9%
|
| Metro Exodus | 3−4 | 0−1 |
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 10 | 0−1 |
| Valorant | 40−45
+2000%
|
2−3
−2000%
|
4K
Ultra
| Battlefield 5 | 3 | 0−1 |
| Counter-Strike 2 | 2−3 | 0−1 |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 2−3 | 0−1 |
| Dota 2 | 30−33
+2900%
|
1−2
−2900%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 7 | 0−1 |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 12−14 | 0−1 |
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 8−9
+700%
|
1−2
−700%
|
4K
Epic
| Fortnite | 5
+150%
|
2−3
−150%
|
This is how GTX 960M and GeForce G210M compete in popular games:
- GTX 960M is 3067% faster in 900p
- GTX 960M is 119% faster in 1080p
Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:
- in Valorant, with 4K resolution and the High Preset, the GTX 960M is 2000% faster.
All in all, in popular games:
- Without exception, GTX 960M surpassed GeForce G210M in all 26 of our tests.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 8.06 | 0.31 |
| Recency | 13 March 2015 | 15 June 2009 |
| Chip lithography | 28 nm | 40 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 75 Watt | 14 Watt |
GTX 960M has a 2500% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 5 years, and a 43% more advanced lithography process.
GeForce G210M, on the other hand, has 436% lower power consumption.
The GeForce GTX 960M is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce G210M in performance tests.
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