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).

NVIDIA GeForce 315 OEM

NVIDIA GeForce G100 OEM

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

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	1631	1633
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