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NVIDIA GeForce G210M

The NVIDIA GeForce G210M is a graphics card released on June 15, 2009, built on the Tesla architecture. It has 16 shading units, 512 MB of GDDR3 memory on a 64-bit bus, 12.8 GB/s of memory bandwidth, a boost clock of 625 MHz and a 14 W board power rating. It scores 135 in the PassMark G3D benchmark. It supports DirectX 10.1 and OpenGL 3.3.

TeslaGT218

9/10 key specs recorded · 29 facts

Depth: 34 recorded fields, 2 PassMark workloads

Specification data last verified October 1, 2026 against PassMark Videocard Benchmark and Wikipedia GPU list tables (wikigrid-2026-09). Coverage: 9 of 10 tracked specifications recorded.

PassMark Videocard Benchmark Wikipedia GPU list tables (wikigrid-2026-09)PassMark Videocard Benchmark

Shading units

16cores

Memory

512 MB

GDDR3 · 64-bit

Boost clock

n/a

625 MHz base

Board power

14 W

Performance

The NVIDIA GeForce G210M scores 135 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 20.5% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked (PassMark rank #2,305), measured across 215 submitted results. Its PassMark G2D score is 18.

PassMark G3D Mark

135

Rank #2,305
Faster than 20.5% of 2,658 GPUs
215 samples

0relative to the fastest GPU on record (41,928)

PassMark workload tests

DirectX 9 5 fps

reference: fastest recorded 526 fps · faster than 6.5% of 1,675 GPUs

DirectX 10 1 fps

reference: fastest recorded 231 fps · faster than 0% of 1,602 GPUs

Averages of PassMark PerformanceTest submissions; frames/sec are PassMark test-scene rates, not game FPS. Tests PassMark does not report for this card are omitted. PassMark listing

In the PassMark workload tests the NVIDIA GeForce G210M averages DirectX 9 5 fps and DirectX 10 1 fps, across 215 submitted results. Frames per second are PassMark test-scene rates, not game frame rates.

As stated by PassMark

Category Mobile

Bus interface PCIe 2.0 x16

Max memory 512 MB

Core clock 625 MHz

Memory clock 1600 MHz

DirectX 10.1

OpenGL 3.3

Max TDP 14 W

First benchmarked 2009-09-24

Samples 215

PassMark listing (collected 2026-10-01)

PassMark's own listing for the NVIDIA GeForce G210M states the PCIe 2.0 x16 interface, up to 512 MB of memory, a core clock of 625 MHz, DirectX 10.1 and OpenGL 3.3, first benchmarked on 2009-09-24. These are PassMark's figures, shown separately from the specification tables above.

Graphics processor

Architecture Tesla

Codename GT218

Chip Not recorded

Process node Not recorded

Transistors Not recorded

Die size Not recorded

The NVIDIA GeForce G210M is based on the Tesla architecture and uses the GT218 graphics processor.

Shader configuration

Shading units 16

Compute units Not recorded

Streaming multiprocessors Not recorded

Execution units Not recorded

Texture units (TMUs) 8

Render output units (ROPs) 4

Ray tracing cores Not recorded

Tensor / AI cores Not recorded

XMX engines Not recorded

Infinity cache Not recorded

The NVIDIA GeForce G210M has 16 shading units, 8 texture mapping units and 4 render output units.

The NVIDIA GeForce G210M does not use XMX engines; those are specific to Intel Arc graphics. Infinity Cache is an AMD architectural feature and does not apply to the NVIDIA GeForce G210M. Feex has no recorded ray tracing core count for the NVIDIA GeForce G210M.

Clock speeds

Base clock 625 MHz

Boost clock Not recorded

Game clock Not recorded

Memory clock Not recorded

Effective memory clock Not recorded

The NVIDIA GeForce G210M runs at a base clock of 625 MHz.

Memory

Size 512 MB

Type GDDR3

Bus width 64-bit

Bandwidth 12.8 GB/s

The NVIDIA GeForce G210M is equipped with 512 MB of GDDR3 memory, uses a 64-bit memory bus and delivers 12.8 GB/s of memory bandwidth.

Board and power

The NVIDIA GeForce G210M has a board power rating of 14 W and it connects over PCIe 2.0 x16.

Board power (TDP) 14 W

Total board power Not recorded

Suggested PSU Not recorded

Power connectors Not recorded

Slot width Not recorded

Length Not recorded

Width Not recorded

Height Not recorded

Cooler Not recorded

Max temperature Not recorded

Bus interface PCIe 2.0 x16

Market

Launched June 15, 2009

Launch price Not recorded

Status Not recorded

Form factor Not recorded

Segment Desktop

Series GeForce

The NVIDIA GeForce G210M was released on June 15, 2009.

Benchmarks

PassMark G3D 135

PassMark G2D 18

Rank #2,305

Samples 215

Graphics and compute APIs

The NVIDIA GeForce G210M supports DirectX 10.1 and OpenGL 3.3.

DirectX 10.1

OpenGL 3.3

Feex has no recorded CUDA compute capability for the NVIDIA GeForce G210M. Feex has no recorded Vulkan version for the NVIDIA GeForce G210M. Feex has no recorded OpenCL version for the NVIDIA GeForce G210M.

Naming and aliases

The NVIDIA GeForce G210M is also known by other names: PassMark also lists it as NVIDIA GeForce G210M (Mobile).

Other names (PassMark) NVIDIA GeForce G210M (Mobile)

Frequently asked questions

How much VRAM does the NVIDIA GeForce G210M have?

The NVIDIA GeForce G210M has 512 MB of GDDR3 memory on a 64-bit bus. Its memory bandwidth is 12.8 GB/s.

How much power does the NVIDIA GeForce G210M use and what power supply does it need?

The NVIDIA GeForce G210M has a board power rating of 14 W.

How fast is the NVIDIA GeForce G210M?

The NVIDIA GeForce G210M scores 135 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 20.5% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked. Its PassMark rank is #2,305.

What bus interface does the NVIDIA GeForce G210M use?

The NVIDIA GeForce G210M connects over PCIe 2.0 x16.

When was the NVIDIA GeForce G210M released?

The NVIDIA GeForce G210M was released on June 15, 2009.

Corrections to this record

After an audit, 1 empty field was filled from sources. Each change is listed with its old value, new value, rule and sources.

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Architecture: Tesla (was Not recorded). Rule: Architecture from chip codename. chip GT218 -> Tesla. Sources: Wikipedia: List of Nvidia graphics processing units (revision 1377107724).

The audit log is public: all changes for this GPU, the corrections overview and the method.