NVIDIA GeForce 315M vs NVIDIA GeForce 405 OEM

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 315M 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, 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 405 OEM

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 315M

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 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
Around 79% lower typical power consumption: 14 Watt vs 25 Watt
Around 4% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 2910 vs 2795
Around 38% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1401 vs 1017
Around 38% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1401 vs 1017

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	5 January 2011 vs 3 September 2010
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 25 Watt
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	2910 vs 2795
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1401 vs 1017
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1401 vs 1017

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 405 OEM

Around 16% better floating-point performance: 44.86 gflops vs 38.78 gflops
Around 3% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 118 vs 115
Around 53% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 55 vs 36

Specifications (specs)
Floating-point performance	44.86 gflops vs 38.78 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	118 vs 115
PassMark - G2D Mark	55 vs 36

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

115

118

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

2910

2795

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1401

1017

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1401

1017

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 315M	NVIDIA GeForce 405 OEM
PassMark - G3D Mark	115	118
PassMark - G2D Mark	36	55
Geekbench - OpenCL	2910	2795
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1401	1017
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1401	1017

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 315M	NVIDIA GeForce 405 OEM
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla 2.0	Tesla 2.0
Code name	GT218	GT218
Launch date	5 January 2011	3 September 2010
Place in performance rating	1636	1637
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	25 Watt
Transistor count	260 million	260 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	DisplayPortHDMIVGADual Link DVISingle Link DVI	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 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	12.64 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	64 Bit
Memory type	GDDR3, DDR3	DDR3
Shared memory	0
Maximum RAM amount		512 MB
Memory clock speed		1580 MHz
Technologies
CUDA
HybridPower
Power management	8.0