NVIDIA NVS 315 vs ATI Radeon X1650

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA NVS 315 and ATI Radeon X1650 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 - 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 315

ATI Radeon X1650

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA NVS 315

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 1 month(s) later
Around 5% higher core clock speed: 523 MHz vs 500 MHz
2.1x more texture fill rate: 4.184 GTexel / s vs 2 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 90 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 256 MB
2.2x more memory clock speed: 1750 MHz vs 800 MHz

Launch date	10 March 2013 vs 1 February 2007
Core clock speed	523 MHz vs 500 MHz
Texture fill rate	4.184 GTexel / s vs 2 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 90 nm
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz vs 800 MHz

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X1650

Around 17% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1615 vs 1382
Around 17% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1615 vs 1382

Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1615 vs 1382
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1615 vs 1382

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA NVS 315
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X1650

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1382

1615

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1382

1615

Name	NVIDIA NVS 315	ATI Radeon X1650
PassMark - G3D Mark	300
PassMark - G2D Mark	179
Geekbench - OpenCL	882
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	3.025
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	79.479
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	0.217
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	4.705
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	6.573
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	465
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	942
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1382	1615
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	465
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	942
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1382	1615

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA NVS 315	ATI Radeon X1650
Essentials
Architecture	Fermi 2.0	R500
Code name	GF119	RV530
Launch date	10 March 2013	1 February 2007
Launch price (MSRP)	$159
Place in performance rating	1570	1569
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	523 MHz	500 MHz
Floating-point performance	100.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	90 nm
Pipelines	48
Texture fill rate	4.184 GTexel / s	2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	19 Watt
Transistor count	292 million	157 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DMS-59	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	145 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	9.0c
OpenGL	4.6	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	14 GB / s	12.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz	800 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	DDR2