NVIDIA GeForce GT 610 2GB GDDR3
Equipped with 2GB of DDR3 memory and a 40nm chip, this card provides basic multi-monitor support through its HDMI, DVI, and VGA outputs. Its single-fan cooler and PCB construction prioritize quiet operation and simple installation in legacy systems lacking integrated graphics. This is best suited for office users who only need to add display outputs to an old desktop, not for any modern gaming or content creation workloads.
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong compute (75th percentile) 75th
Cons
- Below average efficiency (6th percentile)
- Below average raster (6th percentile)
- Below average user sentiment (8th percentile)
- Below average vram (11th percentile)
What owners think
How owner sentiment changed over time
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Based on 7 dated customer reviews, grouped by calendar quarter. Period analysis is in English.
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Chipset
| GPU Chipset | GeForce GT 610 |
| Brand | NVIDIA |
| Architecture | RDNA 3.0 |
| Class | consumer |
| Process | 40 |
Memory
| VRAM | 2 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR3 |
| Memory Bus | 64 |
| Bandwidth | 504 |
Compute
| CUDA Cores | 48 |
| RT Cores | 54 |
| Base Clock | 810 |
| Boost Clock | 2156 |
| FP16 TFLOPS | 55.3 |
| FP32 TFLOPS | 27.65 |
Power & Cooling
| TDP | 295 |
| Recommended PSU | 450 |
| Cooler | Single Fan |
| Fans | 1 |
Connectivity
| Interface | PCI Express 1.1 x 16 |
| DisplayPort | 0 |
| HDMI | 1 |
Physical
| Weight | 0.3 kg / 0.6 lbs |
vs Competition
| Spec | NVIDIA GeForce GT 610 | MSI Gaming X GeForce RTX 3050 6G | Gigabyte WINDFORCE GV-N3050WF2OCV2-6GD | ASRock Challenger A580 CL 8GO | ZOTAC Twin Edge OC ZT-A30510H-10A | EVGA GTX 1070 SC GAMING ACX 3.0 08G-P4-5173-KR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chipset | GeForce GT 610 | GeForce RTX 3050 | GeForce RTX 3050 | Arc A580 | GeForce RTX 3050 | GeForce GTX 1070 |
| Vram | 2GB GDDR3 | 6GB GDDR6 | 6GB GDDR6 | 8GB GDDR6 | 6GB GDDR6 | 8GB GDDR5 |
| Boost Clock Mhz | 2156 | 1507 | 1477 | 2000 | 1477 | 1784 |
| Tdp W | 295 | 70 | 81 | 175 | 70 | 150 |
| Memory Bus Bits | 64 | 96 | 96 | 256 | 96 | 256 |
| Ray Tracing | - | true | true | true | true | false |
| GPU Class | consumer | consumer | consumer | consumer | consumer | consumer |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | AI | Rt | Vram | Raster | Compute | Feature | Thermal | User Sentiment | Efficiency | Connectivity | Social Proof |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA GeForce GT 610 | 21.3 | 18 | 10.9 | 6.2 | 75 | 11.6 | 27.3 | 7.9 | 6.2 | 13.3 | 31.3 |
| MSI Gaming X GeForce RTX 3050 6G Compare | 19.1 | 32.1 | 23.3 | 25.5 | 35.2 | 72.7 | 44.4 | 0 | 83.4 | 52.9 | 95.3 |
| Gigabyte WINDFORCE GV-N3050WF2OCV2-6GD Compare | 19.1 | 32.1 | 23.3 | 25.5 | 35.2 | 53.4 | 56.8 | 57.6 | 77.3 | 52.9 | 95.3 |
| ASRock Challenger A580 CL 8GO Compare | 28.7 | 33.7 | 41.5 | 29.7 | 8.9 | 72.7 | 56.8 | 0 | 29.7 | 87.1 | 82.2 |
| ZOTAC Twin Edge OC ZT-A30510H-10A Compare | 18.7 | 37.4 | 22.6 | 30.1 | 35.2 | 89.9 | 56.8 | 6.4 | 93.3 | 70.5 | 24.9 |
| EVGA GTX 1070 SC GAMING ACX 3.0 08G-P4-5173-KR Compare | 29.6 | 29 | 25.5 | 32.6 | 37.1 | 30.2 | 56.8 | 71.6 | 49.3 | 46.8 | 73.3 |
Price
Value & Pricing
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Price History
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