AMD Radeon HD 7340 vs NVIDIA GeForce 315 OEM

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 7340 and NVIDIA GeForce 315 OEM videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, API support, Memory, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

AMD Radeon HD 7340

NVIDIA GeForce 315 OEM

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7340

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 2 month(s) later
Around 67% higher pipelines: 80 vs 48
Around 38% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1467 vs 1062
Around 38% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1467 vs 1062

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 May 2012 vs 22 February 2011
Pipelines	80 vs 48
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1467 vs 1062
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1467 vs 1062

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 315 OEM

Around 13% higher core clock speed: 589 MHz vs 523 MHz
Around 4% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 53 vs 51
Around 4% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 159 vs 153
13x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 4683 vs 359

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	589 MHz vs 523 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	53 vs 51
PassMark - G3D Mark	159 vs 153
Geekbench - OpenCL	4683 vs 359

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 7340
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 315 OEM

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

153

159

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

359

4683

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1467

1062

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1467

1062

Name	AMD Radeon HD 7340	NVIDIA GeForce 315 OEM
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	312
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	312
PassMark - G2D Mark	51	53
PassMark - G3D Mark	153	159
Geekbench - OpenCL	359	4683
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	862
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	862
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1467	1062
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1467	1062

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon HD 7340	NVIDIA GeForce 315 OEM
Essentials
Architecture	Terascale 2	Tesla 2.0
Code name	Zacate	GT218
Launch date	1 May 2012	22 February 2011
Launch price (MSRP)	$552.69
Place in performance rating	1621	1622
Price now	$552.69
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	0.45
Technical info
Boost clock speed	680 MHz
Core clock speed	523 MHz	589 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	80	48
Floating-point performance		105.6 gflops
Texture fill rate		7.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		33 Watt
Transistor count		260 million
API support
DirectX	11	10.1
OpenGL		3.3
Memory
Shared memory	1
Maximum RAM amount		512 MB
Memory bandwidth		12.64 GB / s
Memory bus width		64 Bit
Memory clock speed		1200 MHz
Memory type		DDR3
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors		1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface		PCIe 2.0 x16
Length		168 mm
Supplementary power connectors		None