NVIDIA GeForce 210
VS
NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT
NVIDIA GeForce 210
VS
NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards NVIDIA GeForce 210 and NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

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Place in performance rating
not rated
2.85
Value for money (0-100)
0.46
Tesla 2.0
Architecture
Tesla
GT218
Code name
G86
Desktop
Type
Desktop
12 October 2009 (12 years ago)
Release date
17 April 2007 (14 years ago)
$29.49
Launch price (MSRP)
$129
$68 (2.3x MSRP)
Price now
$215 (1.7x MSRP)
GT218
GPU code name
G86
Desktop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between NVIDIA GeForce 210 and NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

16
Pipelines
16
589 MHz
Core clock speed
459 MHz
260 million
Transistor count
210 million
40 nm
Manufacturing process technology
80 nm
30.5 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
30 Watt
4.160
Texture fill rate
3.6 billion/sec
39.36 gflops
Floating-point performance
29.376 gflops
105 °C
Maximum GPU temperature
no data
16
CUDA cores
no data
16
Pipelines / CUDA cores
16
260 million
Number of transistors
210 million
30.5 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
30 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the NVIDIA GeForce 210 and NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT.

PCIe 2.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 1.0 x16
6.60" (16.8 cm)
Length
229 mm
None
Supplementary power connectors
None
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SLI options
+
PCI-E 2.0
Bus support
no data
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 NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT can be seen in this section.

GDDR2
Memory type
GDDR3
512 MB
Maximum RAM amount
256 MB
64 Bit
Memory bus width
128 Bit
500 MHz
Memory clock speed
800 MHz
8.0 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
12.8 GB/s
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Standard memory config per GPU
256 MB

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards NVIDIA GeForce 210 and NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT, the size and number of monitors.

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

Technologies

The difference between NVIDIA GeForce 210 and NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT is the additional functionality.

+
CUDA
no data

API support

The difference in supported APIs is NVIDIA GeForce 210 and NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

11.1 (10_1)
DirectX
11.1 (10_0)
3.1
OpenGL
2.1

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GeForce 210 and NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT 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 NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GeForce 210
NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce 210
NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce 210
NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce 210
NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce 210
NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT
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 $215 (1.7x MSRP))

Finer manufacturing process technology (40 nm vs 80 nm)

More maximum RAM amount (512 MB vs 256 MB)

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT

0.06% faster in synthetic tests

Less power consumption (30 Watt vs 30.5 Watt)

More memory bandwidth (12.8 GB/s vs 8.0 GB/s)

So, NVIDIA GeForce 210 or NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT .

NVIDIA GeForce 210 versus NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT performance benchmarks comparison

User rating

5.0 Out of 1 CpusData Score NVIDIA GeForce 210
0.0 Out of 0 CpusData Score NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT