NVIDIA GeForce 210 PCI vs NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT
Graphics Processor
| GPU model | GT216 | NV43 |
|---|---|---|
| Architecture | Tesla 2.0 | Curie |
| Foundry | TSMC | TSMC |
| Manufacturing process | 40 nm | 110 nm |
| Number of transistors | 486 million | 146 million |
| Die size | 100 mm² | 154 mm² |
Graphics Card
| Release date | Oct 12th, 2009 | Aug 12th, 2004 |
|---|---|---|
| Generation | GeForce 200 | GeForce 6 PCIe |
| Production | End-of-life | End-of-life |
| Interface | PCI | PCIe 1.0 x16 |
| Predecessor | GeForce 9 | GeForce PCX |
| Successor | GeForce 400 | GeForce 7 PCIe |
| Launch price | — | 199 USD |
| Reviews | — | 146 in our database |
Clocks
| GPU clock | 475 MHz | 500 MHz |
|---|---|---|
| Shader clock | 1100 MHz | — |
| Memory clock | 400 MHz 800 Mbps effective | 500 MHz 1000 Mbps effective |
Memory Configuration
| Memory size | 512 MB | 128 MB |
|---|---|---|
| Memory type | DDR2 | GDDR3 |
| Memory bus width | 64 bit | 128 bit |
| Bandwidth | 6.400 GB/s | 16.00 GB/s |
Render Configuration
| Shading units | 16 | — |
|---|---|---|
| TMUs | 8 | 8 |
| ROPs | 4 | 4 |
| SM count | 2 | — |
| Cache L2 | 32 KB | — |
| Pixel shaders | — | 8 |
| Vertex shaders | — | 3 |
Performance
| Pixel rate | 1.900 GPixel/s | 2.000 GPixel/s |
|---|---|---|
| Texture rate | 3.800 GTexel/s | 4.000 GTexel/s |
| FP32 (float) performance | 35.20 GFLOPS | — |
| Vertex rate | — | 375.0 MVertices/s |
Dimensions & Outputs
| Slot width | Single-slot | Single-slot |
|---|---|---|
| Length | 145 mm 5.7 inches | — |
| TDP | 31 W | unknown |
| Suggested PSU | 200 W | 200 W |
| Outputs | No outputs | 1x DVI1x VGA1x S-Video |
| Power connectors | None | None |
| Board number | P623, P626 | P216 |
API Support & Features
| DirectX | 11.1 (10_1) | 9.0c (9_3) |
|---|---|---|
| OpenGL | 3.3 | 2.0 (full) 2.1 (partial) |
| OpenCL | 1.1 | — |
| Vulkan | — | — |
| CUDA | 1.2 | — |
| Shader model | 4.1 | 3.0 |
