GeForce 210 vs Radeon R9 290 for Gaming

FPS Winner

The GeForce 210 is the comparison's loser – it's at least 2x slower gaming GPU than the Radeon R9 290 and it's also a much worse value for money, as it's only $190.07 cheaper!

Advantages of the GeForce 210

Up to 71% cheaper – $79.30 vs $269.37
Consumes up to 89% less energy – 31 vs 275 Watts

Advantages of the Radeon R9 290

At least 2x faster GPU for gaming
A much better value for money for gaming
Up to 700% more VRAM memory – 4 vs 0 GB

GeForce 210 vs Radeon R9 290 for Gaming

The GPU's performance in selected game and settings

GeForce 210

Oct 12th, 2009

Average FPS

62%

Min 1% FPS

47%

Price, €

€79.3

100%

Value, €/FPS

€1.98/FPS

100%

ASUS GeForce 210 1GB 64-bit DDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 Low Profile Ready Video Card, EN210 SILENT/DI/1GD3/V2(LP)

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€79.30

In Stock

Same as Founder's Edition

EVGA 01G-P3-1313-KR GeForce 210 Graphic Card - 520 MHz Core - 1 GB DDR3 SDRAM - PCI Express 2.0 x16

EVGA 01G-P3-1312-LR GeForce 210 Graphic Card - 520 MHz Core - 1 GB DDR3 SDRAM - PCI Express 2.0 x16

MSI N210MD1GD3 GeForce 210 Graphic Card 589 MHz Core 1 GB GDDR3 SDRAM PCI Express 2.0 x16 Lowprofile 1000 MHz Memory Clock 2560 x 1600 DirectX 10.1, OpenGL 3.1 HDMI DVI VGA

MSI N210-MD1G/D3 GeForce 210 1GB 64-bit DDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready Low Profile Ready Video Card (N210-MD1G/D3)

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€62.36

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Same as Founder's Edition

CLASSYTEK EVGA 01G-P3-1313-KR GeForce 210 Graphic Card - 520 MHz Core - 1 GB DDR3 SDRAM - PCI Express 2.0 x16-1200 MHz Memory Clock - 64 bit Bus Width - 2560 x 1600

Asus EN210 SILENT/DI/1GD3/V2/(LP) GeForce 210 Graphic Card - 589 MHz Core - 1 GB DDR3 SDRAM - PCI Express 2.0 - Low-profile - 1200 MHz Memory Clock - 2560 x 1600 - HDMI - DVI - VGA - EN210 S/1GD3/V2(LP)

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€97.32

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Same as Founder's Edition

Msi (micro star) - n210-md1g/d3 - msi video card n210-md1g/d3 geforce 210 1gb ddr3 6

Radeon R9 290

Nov 5th, 2013

Average FPS

100%

Min 1% FPS

100%

Price, €

€269.37

29%

Value, €/FPS

€4.14/FPS

48%

Sapphire Radeon R9 290 4GB GDDR5 DUAL DVI-D/HDMI/DP PCI-Express Graphics Card (21227-00-40G)

GeForce 210 vs Radeon R9 290 in My Games

The FPS you'll get in saved games

GeForce 210

Oct 12th, 2009

Radeon R9 290

Nov 5th, 2013

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Synthetic Benchmarks

The GeForce 210 vs Radeon R9 290 in synthetic GPU benchmarks

GeForce 210

Oct 12th, 2009

3DMark TimeSpy Graphics Score

285

Radeon R9 290

Nov 5th, 2013

3DMark TimeSpy Graphics Score

3705

100%

Performance Specifications

The GeForce 210 vs Radeon R9 290 in core GPU performance specifications

GeForce 210

Oct 12th, 2009

Memory

0.5 GB

12%

Memory Bandwidth

6.4 GB/s

Pixel Fillrate

2.08 GPixel/s

Texture Fillrate

4.16 GTexel/s

FP32

39.36 GFLOPS

Radeon R9 290

Nov 5th, 2013

Memory

4 GB

100%

Memory Bandwidth

320 GB/s

100%

Pixel Fillrate

60.61 GPixel/s

100%

Texture Fillrate

151.5 GTexel/s

100%

FP32

4.849 TFLOPS

100%

Specifications

Comparison of all specifications

GeForce 210	Specifications Comparison of all specifications	Radeon R9 290
General
Oct 12th, 2009	Release Date	Nov 5th, 2013
Not Available	MSRP	$399.00
GeForce 200	Generation	Volcanic Islands
Desktop	Segment	Desktop
31 W	Power Consumption	275 W
Memory
0.5 GB	Memory Size	4 GB
DDR3	Memory Type	GDDR5
64-bit	Memory Bus	512-bit
6.4 GB/s	Bandwidth	320 GB/s
Theoretical Performance
2.08 GPixel/s	Pixel Fillrate	60.61 GPixel/s
4.16 GTexel/s	Texture Fillrate	151.5 GTexel/s
39.36 GFLOPS	FP32	4.849 TFLOPS