QTHREE GeForce 210 1GB DDR3
Its 31W TDP and fanless, all-solid-state capacitor design allow it to run without external power, making it a simple plug-and-play upgrade for slim or ITX chassis. The included low-profile bracket and VGA plus HDMI outputs provide basic dual-monitor support for legacy systems. This card is best for users who need to add a basic display output to an old office PC without a modern iGPU, not for gaming or GPU-accelerated tasks.
GPU GeForce 210
VRAM 1GB DDR3
Boost Clock 589 MHz
TDP 31 W
Memory Bus 64 bit
Class consumer
15 Overall Score
Price CA$66
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong affordability (99th percentile) 99th
- Strong social proof (76th percentile) 76th
Cons
- Below average vram (2nd percentile)
- Below average ai (3rd percentile)
- Below average rt (5th percentile)
- Below average raster (5th percentile)
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Chipset
| GPU Chipset | GeForce 210 |
| Brand | NVIDIA |
| Architecture | Tesla 2.0 |
| Class | consumer |
| Process | 40 |
Memory
| VRAM | 1 GB |
| Memory Type | DDR3 |
| Memory Bus | 64 |
| Bandwidth | 6.4 |
Compute
| CUDA Cores | 16 |
| Base Clock | 589 |
| Boost Clock | 589 |
Performance
| PassMark G3D | 144 |
Power & Cooling
| TDP | 31 |
| Recommended PSU | 200 |
| Power Connectors | None |
| Cooler | Fan |
| Fans | 1 |
Connectivity
| Interface | PCI Express 2.0 x16 |
| DisplayPort | 0 |
| HDMI | 1 |
| USB-C | 0 |
| Max Displays | 2 |
| Max Resolution | 2048x1536 |
Physical
| Length | 150 |
| Slot Width | 1 |
| Form Factor | Low Profile |
| Weight | 0.2 kg / 0.4 lbs |
Features
| Ray Tracing | No |
| AV1 Encode | No |
| VR Ready | No |
| DirectX | 10.1 |
| RGB | No |
vs Competition
| Spec | QTHREE GeForce 210 | HP 20X24AA | Gigabyte WINDFORCE GV-N1080WF3OC-8GD | EVGA GTX 1070 SC GAMING ACX 3.0 08G-P4-5173-KR | MSI Ventus GeForce GTX 1660 Ti VENTUS XS 6G OC | NVIDIA Quadro VCQP2200-SB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chipset | GeForce 210 | RTX A4000 | GeForce GTX 1080 | GeForce GTX 1070 | GeForce GTX 1660 Ti | Quadro P2200 |
| Vram | 1GB DDR3 | 16GB GDDR6 | 8GB GDDR5X | 8GB GDDR5 | 6GB GDDR6 | 5GB GDDR5X |
| Boost Clock Mhz | 589 | - | 1797 | 1784 | 1830 | 1500 |
| Tdp W | 31 | 140 | 180 | 150 | 120 | 75 |
| Memory Bus Bits | 64 | - | 256 | 256 | 192 | 160 |
| Ray Tracing | false | true | false | false | false | false |
| GPU Class | consumer | workstation | consumer | consumer | consumer | workstation |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | AI | Rt | Vram | Raster | Compute | Feature | Thermal | Efficiency | Connectivity | Social Proof | Affordability |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| QTHREE GeForce 210 | 3.3 | 4.6 | 2.4 | 5.1 | 8.3 | 11.2 | 26.4 | 6.6 | 17.1 | 75.7 | 98.7 |
| HP 20X24AA Compare | 66.9 | 35.7 | 63.3 | 42.5 | 35.9 | 34.5 | 16.9 | 92.1 | 37.3 | 27.7 | 19.6 |
| Gigabyte WINDFORCE GV-N1080WF3OC-8GD Compare | 30.7 | 32.9 | 27.2 | 33.6 | 26.4 | 41.8 | 91.5 | 43.6 | 45.7 | 78.4 | 73.5 |
| EVGA GTX 1070 SC GAMING ACX 3.0 08G-P4-5173-KR Compare | 27.5 | 26.4 | 24.7 | 29.8 | 21.3 | 29.3 | 55.9 | 49.7 | 45.7 | 73.8 | 63.9 |
| MSI Ventus GeForce GTX 1660 Ti VENTUS XS 6G OC Compare | 19.9 | 24.6 | 22.4 | 27.3 | 15.8 | 26 | 43.3 | 67.6 | 35.3 | 95.5 | 77.8 |
| NVIDIA Quadro VCQP2200-SB Compare | 16.5 | 22.8 | 18.3 | 22.1 | 13 | 29.3 | 26.4 | 87.5 | 61.2 | 88.8 | 84.8 |
Price
Value & Pricing
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Usage Scores
- Overall15
- AI/LLM3.5
- Budget71.8
- Gaming 4k7
- Ray Tracing6.5
- Workstation8.1
- Gaming 1080p13.4
- Gaming 1440p10.5
- Content Creation7
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