NVIDIA GeForce 210
VS
AMD Radeon R5 230
NVIDIA GeForce 210
VS
AMD Radeon R5 230

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards NVIDIA GeForce 210 and AMD Radeon R5 230. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

not rated
Place in performance rating
1017
2.85
Value for money (0-100)
4.61
Tesla 2.0
Architecture
TeraScale 2
GT218
Code name
Caicos
Desktop
Type
Desktop
12 October 2009 (12 years ago)
Release date
3 April 2014 (7 years ago)
$29.49
Launch price (MSRP)
no data
$68 (2.3x MSRP)
Price now
$119
no data
Design
reference
no data
Value for money
0.13
GT218
GPU code name
Caicos
Desktop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between NVIDIA GeForce 210 and AMD Radeon R5 230 based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

16
Pipelines
160
589 MHz
Core clock speed
no data
260 million
Transistor count
370 million
40 nm
Manufacturing process technology
40 nm
30.5 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
19 Watt
4.160
Texture fill rate
5.000
39.36 gflops
Floating-point performance
200.0 gflops
105 °C
Maximum GPU temperature
no data
16
CUDA cores
no data
16
Pipelines / CUDA cores
160
260 million
Number of transistors
370 million
30.5 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
19 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the NVIDIA GeForce 210 and AMD Radeon R5 230.

PCIe 2.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
6.60" (16.8 cm)
Length
168 mm
None
Supplementary power connectors
N/A
PCI-E 2.0
Bus support
PCIe 1.0 x4
2.731" (6.9 cm)
Height
no data

Memory

Graphics card memory is used to store calculations. Modern software and 3D games require more and faster memory. The higher these parameters, the more productive the chip. The difference in these characteristics NVIDIA GeForce 210 and AMD Radeon R5 230 can be seen in this section.

GDDR2
Memory type
DDR3
512 MB
Maximum RAM amount
4 GB
64 Bit
Memory bus width
64 Bit
500 MHz
Memory clock speed
no data
8.0 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
10.67 GB/s

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards NVIDIA GeForce 210 and AMD Radeon R5 230, the size and number of monitors.

DVIVGADisplayPort
Display Connectors
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
+
Multi monitor support
no data
2048x1536
Maximum VGA resolution
no data
Internal
Audio input for HDMI
no data
no data
Eyefinity
1
+
HDMI
+
no data
DisplayPort support
-

Technologies

The difference between NVIDIA GeForce 210 and AMD Radeon R5 230 is the additional functionality.

+
CUDA
no data
no data
AppAcceleration
-
no data
CrossFire
1
no data
HD3D
-
no data
PowerTune
-
no data
TrueAudio
-
no data
ZeroCore
-
no data
DDMA audio
-
no data
Enduro
-
no data
DirectX 11
DirectX 11
no data
​PowerPlay
+

API support

The difference in supported APIs is NVIDIA GeForce 210 and AMD Radeon R5 230. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

11.1 (10_1)
DirectX
DirectX® 11
3.1
OpenGL
4.4
no data
Shader Model
5.0
no data
OpenCL
1.2
no data
Mantle
-

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GeForce 210 and AMD Radeon R5 230 graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the NVIDIA GeForce 210 or AMD Radeon R5 230 good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GeForce 210
AMD Radeon R5 230
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce 210
AMD Radeon R5 230
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce 210
AMD Radeon R5 230
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce 210
AMD Radeon R5 230
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce 210
AMD Radeon R5 230
Legend
5 Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
May Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
30 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 25 frames per second (fps)
40 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 35 frames per second (fps)
60 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 58 frames per second (fps)
May Run Fluently – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards show a smooth frame rate, comfortable for the game.
? Uncertain – Graphics cards testing has shown that a slower card can provide a high and stable frame rate for the same operation.
Uncertain – The work of the video card in the game is still being studied. Interpolation among analogs is not possible.
The value depicts the average frame rate. Hovering over the value, you can get individual results.

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce 210

Cheaper ($68 (2.3x MSRP) vs $119)

More maximum RAM amount (512 MB vs 4 GB)

Advantages of AMD Radeon R5 230

0.67% faster in synthetic tests

More pipelines (160 vs 16)

Less power consumption (19 Watt vs 30.5 Watt)

More memory bandwidth (10.67 GB/s vs 8.0 GB/s)

So, NVIDIA GeForce 210 or AMD Radeon R5 230?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend AMD Radeon R5 230 .

NVIDIA GeForce 210 versus AMD Radeon R5 230 performance benchmarks comparison

Overall benchmark performance

User rating

5.0 Out of 1 CpusData Score NVIDIA GeForce 210
0.0 Out of 0 CpusData Score AMD Radeon R5 230