NVIDIA NVS 310 vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 220

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA NVS 310 and NVIDIA GeForce GT 220 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, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA NVS 310

NVIDIA GeForce GT 220

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA NVS 310

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 4 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 65 nm
2.9x lower typical power consumption: 20 Watt vs 58 Watt
2.2x more memory clock speed: 1750 MHz vs 790 MHz
Around 14% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 246 vs 215
3.9x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 177 vs 45

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	26 June 2012 vs 26 January 2010
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 65 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	20 Watt vs 58 Watt
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz vs 790 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	246 vs 215
PassMark - G2D Mark	177 vs 45

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 220

2.6x more core clock speed: 1360 MHz vs 523 MHz
3.4x more texture fill rate: 14.4 GTexel / s vs 4.184 GTexel / s
Around 43% better floating-point performance: 144 gflops vs 100.4 gflops
2x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 512 MB
6.7x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 5892 vs 881
Around 37% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1686 vs 1229
Around 37% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1686 vs 1229

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1360 MHz vs 523 MHz
Texture fill rate	14.4 GTexel / s vs 4.184 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance	144 gflops vs 100.4 gflops
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 512 MB
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	5892 vs 881
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1686 vs 1229
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1686 vs 1229

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA NVS 310
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 220

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

246

215

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

177

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

881

5892

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1229

1686

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1229

1686

Name	NVIDIA NVS 310	NVIDIA GeForce GT 220
PassMark - G3D Mark	246	215
PassMark - G2D Mark	177	45
Geekbench - OpenCL	881	5892
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	2.991
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	76.391
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	0
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	4.974
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	7.835
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	431
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	918
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1229	1686
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	431
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	918
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1229	1686

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA NVS 310	NVIDIA GeForce GT 220
Essentials
Architecture	Fermi 2.0	Tesla
Code name	GF119	G94
Launch date	26 June 2012	26 January 2010
Launch price (MSRP)	$159	$79.99
Place in performance rating	1582	1584
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Price now		$79.99
Value for money (0-100)		5.72
Technical info
Core clock speed	523 MHz	1360 MHz
Floating-point performance	100.4 gflops	144 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	48	48
Texture fill rate	4.184 GTexel / s	14.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	20 Watt	58 Watt
Transistor count	292 million	505 million
CUDA cores		48
Maximum GPU temperature		105 °C
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DisplayPort	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA, VGADVIHDMI
Audio input for HDMI		S / PDIF + HDA
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	156 mm	6.6" (16.8 cm)
Supplementary power connectors	None
Bus support		PCI-E 2.0
Height		4.376" (11.1 cm)
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	10.0
OpenGL	4.6	3.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	14 GB / s	25.3 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz	790 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	GDDR3
Technologies
CUDA