ATI Radeon X1800 XL vs NVIDIA GeForce G210M
Graphics Processor
| GPU model | R520 | GT218 |
|---|---|---|
| GPU variant | R520 XL | N10M-GS |
| Architecture | R500 | Tesla 2.0 |
| Foundry | TSMC | TSMC |
| Manufacturing process | 90 nm | 40 nm |
| Number of transistors | 321 million | 260 million |
| Die size | 288 mm² | 57 mm² |
Graphics Card
| Release date | Oct 1st, 2005 | — |
|---|---|---|
| Generation | Radeon R500 PCIe | — |
| Production | End-of-life | — |
| Interface | PCIe 1.0 x16 | — |
| Reviews | 76 in our database | — |
| Predecessor | Radeon R400 PCIe | — |
| Successor | Radeon R600 | — |
Clocks
| GPU clock | 500 MHz | 625 MHz |
|---|---|---|
| Memory clock | 500 MHz 1000 Mbps effective | 800 MHz 1600 Mbps effective |
| Shader clock | — | 1500 MHz |
Memory Configuration
| Memory size | 256 MB | 512 MB |
|---|---|---|
| Memory type | GDDR3 | GDDR3 |
| Memory bus width | 256 bit | 64 bit |
| Bandwidth | 32.00 GB/s | 12.80 GB/s |
Render Configuration
| Pixel shaders | 16 | — |
|---|---|---|
| Vertex shaders | 8 | — |
| TMUs | 16 | 8 |
| ROPs | 16 | 4 |
| Shading units | — | 16 |
| SM count | — | 2 |
| Cache L2 | — | 32 KB |
Performance
| Pixel rate | 8.000 GPixel/s | 2.500 GPixel/s |
|---|---|---|
| Vertex rate | 1.000 GVertices/s | — |
| Texture rate | 8.000 GTexel/s | 5.000 GTexel/s |
| FP32 (float) performance | — | 48.00 GFLOPS |
Dimensions & Outputs
| Slot width | Single-slot | — |
|---|---|---|
| Length | 254 mm 10 inches | — |
| Width | 111 mm 4.4 inches | — |
| Height | 19 mm 0.7 inches | — |
| TDP | 70 W | 14 W |
| Suggested PSU | 250 W | — |
| Outputs | 2x DVI1x S-Video | No outputs |
| Power connectors | 1x 6-pin | — |
| Board number | A520 | — |
API Support & Features
| DirectX | 9.0c (9_3) | 11.1 (10_1) |
|---|---|---|
| OpenGL | 2.1 | 3.3 |
| OpenCL | — | 1.1 |
| Vulkan | — | — |
| Shader model | 3.0 | 4.1 |
| CUDA | — | 1.2 |
Other Features
Mobile graphics
| Release date | — | Jun 15th, 2009 |
|---|---|---|
| Generation | — | GeForce 200M |
| Production | — | End-of-life |
| Interface | — | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
| Reviews | — | 2 in our database |
| Predecessor | — | GeForce 100M |
| Successor | — | GeForce 300M |
