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NVIDIA GeForce GT 220

The NVIDIA GeForce GT 220 is a graphics card. It has 48 shading units, 1 GB of GDDR3 memory on a 128-bit bus, 22.4 GB/s of memory bandwidth and a 58 W board power rating. It scores 222 in the PassMark G3D benchmark. It supports DirectX 10.1 and OpenGL 3.3.

GT216-055-A3

7/10 key specs recorded · 22 facts

Depth: 30 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: 7 of 10 tracked specifications recorded.

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

Shading units

48cores

Memory

1 GB

GDDR3 · 128-bit

Boost clock

n/a

Board power

58 W

Performance

The NVIDIA GeForce GT 220 scores 222 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 25.9% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked (PassMark rank #2,167), measured across 2,234 submitted results. Its PassMark G2D score is 42.

PassMark G3D Mark

222

Rank #2,167
Faster than 25.9% of 2,658 GPUs
2,234 samples

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

PassMark workload tests

DirectX 9 9 fps

reference: fastest recorded 526 fps · faster than 17% 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 GT 220 averages DirectX 9 9 fps and DirectX 10 1 fps, across 2,234 submitted results. Frames per second are PassMark test-scene rates, not game frame rates.

As stated by PassMark

Category Desktop

Bus interface PCIe 2.0 x16

Max memory 1 GB

Core clock 625 MHz

Memory clock 1000,1580 MHz

DirectX 10.1

OpenGL 3.3

Max TDP 58 W

First benchmarked 2012-08-19

Samples 2,234

PassMark listing (collected 2026-09-30)

PassMark's own listing for the NVIDIA GeForce GT 220 states the PCIe 2.0 x16 interface, up to 1 GB of memory, a core clock of 625 MHz, DirectX 10.1 and OpenGL 3.3, first benchmarked on 2012-08-19. These are PassMark's figures, shown separately from the specification tables above.

Not to be confused with

This page covers the NVIDIA GeForce GT 220 specifically. It is a different product from NVIDIA GeForce GT 220M, which have their own specifications. Check the exact model name before comparing figures.

Graphics processor

Architecture Not recorded

Codename GT216-055-A3

Chip Not recorded

Process node Not recorded

Transistors Not recorded

Die size Not recorded

The NVIDIA GeForce GT 220 uses the GT216-055-A3 graphics processor.

Shader configuration

Shading units 48

Compute units Not recorded

Streaming multiprocessors Not recorded

Execution units Not recorded

Texture units (TMUs) Not recorded

Render output units (ROPs) 8

Ray tracing cores Not recorded

Tensor / AI cores Not recorded

XMX engines Not recorded

Infinity cache Not recorded

The NVIDIA GeForce GT 220 has 48 shading units and 8 render output units.

The NVIDIA GeForce GT 220 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 GT 220. Feex has no recorded ray tracing core count for the NVIDIA GeForce GT 220.

Memory

Size 1 GB

Type GDDR3

Bus width 128-bit

Bandwidth 22.4 GB/s

The NVIDIA GeForce GT 220 is equipped with 1 GB of GDDR3 memory, uses a 128-bit memory bus and delivers 22.4 GB/s of memory bandwidth.

Board and power

The NVIDIA GeForce GT 220 has a board power rating of 58 W and it connects over PCIe 2.0 x16.

Board power (TDP) 58 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 Not recorded

Launch price $49

Status Not recorded

Form factor Not recorded

Segment Desktop

Series GeForce GT 200 Series

The NVIDIA GeForce GT 220 launched at a price of $49.

Benchmarks

PassMark G3D 222

PassMark G2D 42

Rank #2,167

Samples 2,234

Graphics and compute APIs

The NVIDIA GeForce GT 220 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 GT 220. Feex has no recorded Vulkan version for the NVIDIA GeForce GT 220. Feex has no recorded OpenCL version for the NVIDIA GeForce GT 220.