NVIDIA GeForce 315 OEM vs NVIDIA GeForce 405 OEM

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 315 OEM and NVIDIA GeForce 405 OEM videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce 315 OEM

NVIDIA GeForce 405 OEM

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 315 OEM

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 month(s) later
Around 61% higher texture fill rate: 7.6 GTexel / s vs 4.71 GTexel / s
3x more pipelines: 48 vs 16
2.4x better floating-point performance: 105.6 gflops vs 44.86 gflops
Around 30% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 156 vs 120
Around 68% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 4683 vs 2795
Around 4% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1062 vs 1017
Around 4% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1062 vs 1017

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	22 February 2011 vs 3 September 2010
Texture fill rate	7.6 GTexel / s vs 4.71 GTexel / s
Pipelines	48 vs 16
Floating-point performance	105.6 gflops vs 44.86 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	156 vs 120
Geekbench - OpenCL	4683 vs 2795
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1062 vs 1017
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1062 vs 1017

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 405 OEM

Around 32% lower typical power consumption: 25 Watt vs 33 Watt
Around 32% higher memory clock speed: 1580 MHz vs 1200 MHz
Around 12% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 56 vs 50

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt vs 33 Watt
Memory clock speed	1580 MHz vs 1200 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	56 vs 50

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 315 OEM
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 405 OEM

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

156

120

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

4683

2795

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1062

1017

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1062

1017

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 315 OEM	NVIDIA GeForce 405 OEM
PassMark - G2D Mark	50	56
PassMark - G3D Mark	156	120
Geekbench - OpenCL	4683	2795
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1062	1017
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1062	1017

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 315 OEM	NVIDIA GeForce 405 OEM
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla 2.0	Tesla 2.0
Code name	GT218	GT218
Launch date	22 February 2011	3 September 2010
Place in performance rating	1631	1632
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	589 MHz	589 MHz
Floating-point performance	105.6 gflops	44.86 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	48	16
Texture fill rate	7.6 GTexel / s	4.71 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	33 Watt	25 Watt
Transistor count	260 million	260 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	168 mm	168 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	10.1	10.1
OpenGL	3.3	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	12.64 GB / s	12.64 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1200 MHz	1580 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	DDR3