GeForce G210M vs Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000)

Place in the ranking	488	1328
Place by popularity	28	not in top-100
Power efficiency	41.35	1.48
Architecture	Vega (2017−2020)	Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013)
GPU code name	Vega	GT218
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	7 January 2020 (5 years ago)	15 June 2009 (15 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	512	16
Core clock speed	no data	625 MHz
Boost clock speed	2100 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	no data	260 million
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	14 Watt
Texture fill rate	no data	5.000
Floating-point processing power	no data	0.048 TFLOPS
Gigaflops	no data	72
ROPs	no data	4
TMUs	no data	8

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 support	no data	PCI-E 2.0
Interface	no data	PCIe 2.0 x16

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	no data	GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount	no data	Up to 1 GB
Memory bus width	no data	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	no data	Up to 500 (DDR2), Up to 800 (DDR3), Up to 800 (GDDR3) MHz
Memory bandwidth	no data	12.8 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 Connectors	no data	Dual Link DVIDisplayPortHDMISingle Link DVIVGA
Multi monitor 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.

Power management

no data

8.0

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12_1	11.1 (10_1)
Shader Model	no data	4.1
OpenGL	no data	2.1
OpenCL	no data	1.1
Vulkan	-	N/A
CUDA	-	+

Synthetic benchmark performance

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. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) 9.01
+2903%

GeForce G210M 0.30

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) 22428
+2097%

GeForce G210M 1021

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.

RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) 27084
+1400%

GeForce G210M 1805

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:

Full HD	23 +53.3%	15 −53.3%
1440p	17	0−1
4K	9	-0−1

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2	13 +62.5%	8−9 −62.5%
Cyberpunk 2077	19 +850%	2−3 −850%
Elden Ring	18	0−1

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5	27−30	0−1
Counter-Strike 2	9 +12.5%	8−9 −12.5%
Cyberpunk 2077	15 +650%	2−3 −650%
Forza Horizon 4	32 +540%	5−6 −540%
Metro Exodus	27	0−1
Red Dead Redemption 2	33 +725%	4−5 −725%
Valorant	44 +4300%	1−2 −4300%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5	27−30	0−1
Counter-Strike 2	9 +12.5%	8−9 −12.5%
Cyberpunk 2077	11 +450%	2−3 −450%
Dota 2	29	0−1
Elden Ring	22	0−1
Far Cry 5	30 +400%	6−7 −400%
Fortnite	50−55 +5200%	1−2 −5200%
Forza Horizon 4	27 +440%	5−6 −440%
Grand Theft Auto V	19	0−1
Metro Exodus	19	0−1
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	57 +850%	6−7 −850%
Red Dead Redemption 2	12 +200%	4−5 −200%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	27−30 +440%	5−6 −440%
Valorant	14	0−1
World of Tanks	48 +243%	14 −243%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	27−30	0−1
Counter-Strike 2	16−18 +113%	8−9 −113%
Cyberpunk 2077	9 +350%	2−3 −350%
Dota 2	48 +4700%	1−2 −4700%
Far Cry 5	35−40 +533%	6−7 −533%
Forza Horizon 4	23 +360%	5−6 −360%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	70−75 +1083%	6−7 −1083%
Valorant	37 +3600%	1−2 −3600%

1440p
High Preset

Dota 2	9	0−1
Elden Ring	12	0−1
Grand Theft Auto V	9	0−1
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	22 +1000%	2−3 −1000%
Red Dead Redemption 2	8−9	0−1
World of Tanks	21	0−1

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	16−18	0−1
Counter-Strike 2	10−11 +11.1%	9−10 −11.1%
Cyberpunk 2077	2 +0%	2−3 +0%
Far Cry 5	18−20 +375%	4−5 −375%
Forza Horizon 4	16	0−1
Metro Exodus	17	0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−12 +450%	2−3 −450%
Valorant	39 +875%	4−5 −875%

4K
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2	3−4	0−1
Dota 2	10 −50%	14−16 +50%
Elden Ring	6	0−1
Grand Theft Auto V	10 −50%	14−16 +50%
Metro Exodus	6	0−1
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	13 +1200%	1−2 −1200%
Red Dead Redemption 2	6−7	0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10 −50%	14−16 +50%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	8−9	0−1
Counter-Strike 2	3−4	0−1
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 +100%	1−2 −100%
Dota 2	18 +20%	14−16 −20%
Far Cry 5	10−12	0−1
Fortnite	9−10	0−1
Forza Horizon 4	9	0−1
Valorant	9−10 +800%	1−2 −800%

This is how RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) and GeForce G210M compete in popular games:

RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) is 53% faster in 1080p

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

in PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS, with 4K resolution and the High Preset, the RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) is 1200% faster.
in Dota 2, with 4K resolution and the High Preset, the GeForce G210M is 50% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) is ahead in 28 tests (88%)
GeForce G210M is ahead in 3 tests (9%)
there's a draw in 1 test (3%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	9.01	0.30
Recency	7 January 2020	15 June 2009
Chip lithography	7 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	14 Watt

RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) has a 2903.3% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 10 years, and a 471.4% more advanced lithography process.

GeForce G210M, on the other hand, has 7.1% lower power consumption.

The Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce G210M in performance tests.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.