NVIDIA GeForce 310M vs NVIDIA Quadro NVS 295

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 310M and NVIDIA Quadro NVS 295 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce 310M

NVIDIA Quadro NVS 295

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 310M

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 month(s) later
2.8x more core clock speed: 1530 MHz vs 540 MHz
Around 16% higher texture fill rate: 5 GTexel / s vs 4.32 GTexel / s
2x more pipelines: 16 vs 8
2.4x better floating-point performance: 48.96 gflops vs 20.8 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 65 nm
Around 64% lower typical power consumption: 14 Watt vs 23 Watt
Around 12% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 124 vs 111
2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1167 vs 494
2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1167 vs 494

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	10 January 2010 vs 7 May 2009
Core clock speed	1530 MHz vs 540 MHz
Texture fill rate	5 GTexel / s vs 4.32 GTexel / s
Pipelines	16 vs 8
Floating-point performance	48.96 gflops vs 20.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 65 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	14 Watt vs 23 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	124 vs 111
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1167 vs 494
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1167 vs 494

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro NVS 295

Around 95% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 43 vs 22

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	43 vs 22

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 310M
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro NVS 295

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

124

111

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1167

494

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1167

494

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 310M	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 295
PassMark - G3D Mark	124	111
PassMark - G2D Mark	22	43
Geekbench - OpenCL	2949
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1167	494
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1167	494

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 310M	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 295
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla 2.0	Tesla
Code name	GT218	G98
Launch date	10 January 2010	7 May 2009
Place in performance rating	1673	1676
Type	Laptop	Workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$54.50
Price now		$49.75
Value for money (0-100)		2.51
Technical info
Core clock speed	1530 MHz	540 MHz
CUDA cores	16
Floating-point performance	48.96 gflops	20.8 gflops
Gigaflops	73
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	16	8
Texture fill rate	5 GTexel / s	4.32 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	14 Watt	23 Watt
Transistor count	260 million	210 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	DisplayPortHDMIVGADual Link DVISingle Link DVI	2x DisplayPort
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCI-E 2.0
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
Length		168 mm
API support
DirectX	10.1	10.0
OpenGL	3.3	3.3
Memory
Memory bandwidth	12.64 GB / s	11.12 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	64 Bit
Memory type	GDDR3, DDR3	GDDR3
Shared memory	0
Maximum RAM amount		256 MB
Memory clock speed		1390 MHz
Technologies
CUDA
HybridPower
Power management	8.0