NVIDIA GeForce 315 OEM vs NVIDIA GeForce G100 OEM

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 315 OEM and NVIDIA GeForce G100 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 315 OEM

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 11 month(s) later
  • Around 9% higher core clock speed: 589 MHz vs 540 MHz
  • Around 76% higher texture fill rate: 7.6 GTexel / s vs 4.32 GTexel / s
  • 6x more pipelines: 48 vs 8
  • 5.1x better floating-point performance: 105.6 gflops vs 20.8 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 65 nm
  • Around 6% lower typical power consumption: 33 Watt vs 35 Watt
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 256 MB
  • Around 50% higher memory clock speed: 1200 MHz vs 800 MHz
  • Around 79% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1062 vs 593
  • Around 79% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1062 vs 593
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 22 February 2011 vs 10 March 2009
Core clock speed 589 MHz vs 540 MHz
Texture fill rate 7.6 GTexel / s vs 4.32 GTexel / s
Pipelines 48 vs 8
Floating-point performance 105.6 gflops vs 20.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm vs 65 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 33 Watt vs 35 Watt
Maximum memory size 512 MB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed 1200 MHz vs 800 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1062 vs 593
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1062 vs 593

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce G100 OEM

  • Around 24% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 62 vs 50
  • Around 19% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 185 vs 156
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 62 vs 50
PassMark - G3D Mark 185 vs 156

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 315 OEM
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce G100 OEM

PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
50
62
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
156
185
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1062
593
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1062
593
Name NVIDIA GeForce 315 OEM NVIDIA GeForce G100 OEM
PassMark - G2D Mark 50 62
PassMark - G3D Mark 156 185
Geekbench - OpenCL 4683
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1062 593
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1062 593

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce 315 OEM NVIDIA GeForce G100 OEM

Essentials

Architecture Tesla 2.0 Tesla
Code name GT218 G98
Launch date 22 February 2011 10 March 2009
Place in performance rating 1629 1631
Type Desktop Desktop

Technical info

Core clock speed 589 MHz 540 MHz
Floating-point performance 105.6 gflops 20.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 65 nm
Pipelines 48 8
Texture fill rate 7.6 GTexel / s 4.32 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 33 Watt 35 Watt
Transistor count 260 million 210 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA 1x DVI, 1x S-Video

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 10.0
OpenGL 3.3 3.3

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 256 MB
Memory bandwidth 12.64 GB / s 6.4 GB / s
Memory bus width 64 Bit 64 Bit
Memory clock speed 1200 MHz 800 MHz
Memory type DDR3 DDR2