NVIDIA GeForce 315M vs NVIDIA GeForce 7050 PV + nForce 630a

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 315M and NVIDIA GeForce 7050 PV + nForce 630a 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 7050 PV + nForce 630a

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 315M

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 11 month(s) later
2.9x more core clock speed: 1212 MHz vs 425 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 90 nm
3.7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 115 vs 31
21.9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1401 vs 64
21.9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1401 vs 64

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	5 January 2011 vs 1 February 2006
Core clock speed	1212 MHz vs 425 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 90 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	115 vs 31
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1401 vs 64
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1401 vs 64

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 7050 PV + nForce 630a

2.3x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 83 vs 36

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	83 vs 36

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 315M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 7050 PV + nForce 630a

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

115

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1401

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1401

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 315M	NVIDIA GeForce 7050 PV + nForce 630a
PassMark - G3D Mark	115	31
PassMark - G2D Mark	36	83
Geekbench - OpenCL	2910
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1401	64
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1401	64

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 315M	NVIDIA GeForce 7050 PV + nForce 630a
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla 2.0	Curie
Code name	GT218	C68
Launch date	5 January 2011	1 February 2006
Place in performance rating	1641	1638
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	1212 MHz	425 MHz
CUDA cores	16
Floating-point performance	38.78 gflops
Gigaflops	73
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	16
Texture fill rate	4.85 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	14 Watt
Transistor count	260 million	112 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	DisplayPortHDMIVGADual Link DVISingle Link DVI	No outputs
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCI-E 2.0
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCI
API support
DirectX	10.1	9.0c
OpenGL	4.1	2.1
Memory
Memory bandwidth	12.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit
Memory type	GDDR3, DDR3
Shared memory	0
Technologies
CUDA
HybridPower
Power management	8.0