NVIDIA NVS 315 vs NVIDIA GeForce 315 OEM

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA NVS 315 and NVIDIA GeForce 315 OEM 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

NVIDIA GeForce 315 OEM

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA NVS 315

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 0 month(s) later
Around 74% lower typical power consumption: 19 Watt vs 33 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 512 MB
Around 46% higher memory clock speed: 1750 MHz vs 1200 MHz
Around 92% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 300 vs 156
3.6x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 179 vs 50
Around 30% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1382 vs 1062
Around 30% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1382 vs 1062

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	10 March 2013 vs 22 February 2011
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	19 Watt vs 33 Watt
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz vs 1200 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	300 vs 156
PassMark - G2D Mark	179 vs 50
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1382 vs 1062
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1382 vs 1062

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 315 OEM

Around 13% higher core clock speed: 589 MHz vs 523 MHz
Around 82% higher texture fill rate: 7.6 GTexel / s vs 4.184 GTexel / s
Around 5% better floating-point performance: 105.6 gflops vs 100.4 gflops
5.3x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 4683 vs 882

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	589 MHz vs 523 MHz
Texture fill rate	7.6 GTexel / s vs 4.184 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance	105.6 gflops vs 100.4 gflops
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	4683 vs 882

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA NVS 315
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 315 OEM

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

300

156

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

179

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

882

4683

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1382

1062

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1382

1062

Name	NVIDIA NVS 315	NVIDIA GeForce 315 OEM
PassMark - G3D Mark	300	156
PassMark - G2D Mark	179	50
Geekbench - OpenCL	882	4683
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	1062
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	465
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	942
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1382	1062

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA NVS 315	NVIDIA GeForce 315 OEM
Essentials
Architecture	Fermi 2.0	Tesla 2.0
Code name	GF119	GT218
Launch date	10 March 2013	22 February 2011
Launch price (MSRP)	$159
Place in performance rating	1571	1631
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	523 MHz	589 MHz
Floating-point performance	100.4 gflops	105.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	48	48
Texture fill rate	4.184 GTexel / s	7.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	19 Watt	33 Watt
Transistor count	292 million	260 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DMS-59	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	145 mm	168 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	10.1
OpenGL	4.6	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	14 GB / s	12.64 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz	1200 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	DDR3