GeForce 210 vs Radeon R7 265

Primary Details

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

Place in performance ranking402not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-Effectiveness Evaluation1.68no data
ArchitectureGCN 1.0 (2012−2020)Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013)
GPU code namePitcairnGT218
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Designreferenceno data
Release date13 February 2014 (10 years ago)12 October 2009 (14 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$149 $29.49
Current price$242 (1.6x MSRP)$96 (3.3x MSRP)

Cost-Effectiveness Evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores102416
CUDA coresno data16
Core clock speedno data589 MHz
Boost clock speed925 MHzno data
Number of transistors2,800 million260 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)150 Watt30.5 Watt
Maximum GPU temperatureno data105 °C
Texture fill rate59.204.160
Floating-point performance1,894 gflops39.36 gflops

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 supportPCIe 3.0PCI-E 2.0
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 2.0 x16
Length210 mm6.60" (16.8 cm)
Heightno data2.731" (6.9 cm)
Width2-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectors1 x 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 amount4 GB512 MB
Memory bus width256 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed1400 MHz500 MHz
Memory bandwidth179.2 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 HDMI, 1x DisplayPortDVIVGADisplayPort
Multi monitor supportno data+
Eyefinity1no data
HDMI++
Maximum VGA resolutionno data2048x1536
DisplayPort support-no data
Audio input for HDMIno dataInternal

Supported GPU Technologies

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

AppAcceleration-no data
CrossFire1no data
Enduro-no data
FreeSync1no data
HD3D-no data
PowerTune-no data
TrueAudio-no data
ZeroCore-no data
DDMA audio+no data

API Compatibility

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

DirectXDirectX® 1211.1 (10_1)
Shader Model5.14.1
OpenGL4.63.1
OpenCL1.21.1
Vulkanno dataN/A
Mantle-no data
CUDAno data+

Pros & Cons Summary


Recency 13 February 2014 12 October 2009
Cost $149 $29.49
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 512 MB
Chip lithography 28 nm 40 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 150 Watt 30 Watt

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