Product comparison · 2 gpus

MSI R5870 Lightning vs MSI VN210-MD512H GeForce 210 GDDR2

15specifications compared
12differ
3identical
13known for one product only

Key differences

Processor frequency
- R5870 Lightning:900 MHz
- VN210-MD512H GeForce 210 GDDR2:589 MHz
Graphics card memory type
- R5870 Lightning:GDDR5
- VN210-MD512H GeForce 210 GDDR2:GDDR2
Memory bus
- R5870 Lightning:256 bit
- VN210-MD512H GeForce 210 GDDR2:64 bit
Memory clock speed
- R5870 Lightning:4800 MHz
- VN210-MD512H GeForce 210 GDDR2:800 MHz
Interface type
- R5870 Lightning:PCI Express 2.1
- VN210-MD512H GeForce 210 GDDR2:PCI Express 2.0
VGA (D-Sub) ports quantity
- R5870 Lightning:2
- VN210-MD512H GeForce 210 GDDR2:1
DirectX version
- R5870 Lightning:11
- VN210-MD512H GeForce 210 GDDR2:10.1
OpenGL version
- R5870 Lightning:3.2
- VN210-MD512H GeForce 210 GDDR2:3.1

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Comparison of R5870 Lightning, VN210-MD512H
28 specifications	A MSI R5870 Lightning View product	B MSI VN210-MD512H GeForce 210 GDDR2 Model VN210-MD512H View product
Processor1 differ
Graphics processorKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	GeForce 210
CUDAKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Processor frequencyDiffers	900 MHz	589 MHz
Shader clockKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1402 MHz
Parallel processing technology supportKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Not supported
Graphics card RAMDACKnown for one	400 MHz	Unknown — not stated by the source
Memory3 differ
Graphics card memory typeDiffers	GDDR5	GDDR2
Memory busDiffers	256 bit	64 bit
Memory clock speedDiffers	4800 MHz	800 MHz
Discrete graphics card memoryKnown for one	1 GB	Unknown — not stated by the source
Ports & interfaces2 differ
Interface typeDiffers	PCI Express 2.1	PCI Express 2.0
HDMI ports quantityKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1
DVI-I ports quantityKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1
DVI ports quantityKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1
VGA (D-Sub) ports quantityDiffers	2	1
HDMI versionKnown for one	1.3	Unknown — not stated by the source
Performance2 differ
PhysXKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
DirectX versionDiffers	11	10.1
OpenGL versionDiffers	3.2	3.1
HDCPKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Design1 differ
Cooling typeDiffers	Active	Passive
Form factorKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Half-Height/Half-Length (HH/HL)
Weight & dimensions3 differ
LengthDiffers	277 mm	168 mm
DepthDiffers	36 mm	33 mm
HeightDiffers	126 mm	69 mm

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