NVIDIA GeForce 315M vs NVIDIA GeForce 310 OEM

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 315M and NVIDIA GeForce 310 OEM 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 315M

NVIDIA GeForce 310 OEM

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 315M

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 1 month(s) later
2.1x more core clock speed: 1212 MHz vs 589 MHz
Around 3% higher texture fill rate: 4.85 GTexel / s vs 4.71 GTexel / s
2.2x lower typical power consumption: 14 Watt vs 31 Watt
Around 7% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 2910 vs 2724
Around 33% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1401 vs 1052
Around 33% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1401 vs 1052

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	5 January 2011 vs 27 November 2009
Core clock speed	1212 MHz vs 589 MHz
Texture fill rate	4.85 GTexel / s vs 4.71 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	14 Watt vs 31 Watt
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	2910 vs 2724
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1401 vs 1052
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1401 vs 1052

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 310 OEM

Around 16% better floating-point performance: 44.86 gflops vs 38.78 gflops
Around 4% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 120 vs 115
Around 19% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 43 vs 36

Specifications (specs)
Floating-point performance	44.86 gflops vs 38.78 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	120 vs 115
PassMark - G2D Mark	43 vs 36

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 315M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 310 OEM

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

115

120

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

2910

2724

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1401

1052

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1401

1052

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 315M	NVIDIA GeForce 310 OEM
PassMark - G3D Mark	115	120
PassMark - G2D Mark	36	43
Geekbench - OpenCL	2910	2724
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1401	1052
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1401	1052

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 315M	NVIDIA GeForce 310 OEM
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla 2.0	Tesla 2.0
Code name	GT218	GT218
Launch date	5 January 2011	27 November 2009
Place in performance rating	1635	1639
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	1212 MHz	589 MHz
CUDA cores	16
Floating-point performance	38.78 gflops	44.86 gflops
Gigaflops	73
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	16	16
Texture fill rate	4.85 GTexel / s	4.71 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	14 Watt	31 Watt
Transistor count	260 million	260 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	DisplayPortHDMIVGADual Link DVISingle Link DVI	1x DVI, 1x DisplayPort, 1x VGA
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCI-E 2.0
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length		168 mm
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	10.1	10.1
OpenGL	4.1	3.3
Memory
Memory bandwidth	12.8 GB / s	5.33 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	64 Bit
Memory type	GDDR3, DDR3	DDR2
Shared memory	0
Maximum RAM amount		512 MB
Memory clock speed		666 MHz
Technologies
CUDA
HybridPower
Power management	8.0