NVIDIA GeForce 315M vs NVIDIA Quadro NVS 300M
Graphics Processor
| GPU model | GT218 | G73 |
|---|---|---|
| GPU variant | N11M-GE | — |
| Architecture | Tesla 2.0 | Curie |
| Foundry | TSMC | TSMC |
| Manufacturing process | 40 nm | 90 nm |
| Number of transistors | 260 million | 177 million |
| Die size | 57 mm² | 125 mm² |
Mobile graphics
| Release date | Jan 5th, 2011 | May 24th, 2006 |
|---|---|---|
| Generation | GeForce 300M | NVS Mobile |
| Production | End-of-life | End-of-life |
| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | PCIe 1.0 x16 |
| Reviews | 2 in our database | 26 in our database |
| Predecessor | GeForce 200M | — |
| Successor | GeForce 400M | — |
Clocks
| GPU clock | 606 MHz | 500 MHz |
|---|---|---|
| Shader clock | 1212 MHz | — |
| Memory clock | 800 MHz 1600 Mbps effective | 700 MHz 1400 Mbps effective |
Memory Configuration
| Memory size | 512 MB | 256 MB |
|---|---|---|
| Memory type | GDDR3 | GDDR3 |
| Memory bus width | 64 bit | 128 bit |
| Bandwidth | 12.80 GB/s | 22.40 GB/s |
Render Configuration
| Shading units | 16 | — |
|---|---|---|
| TMUs | 8 | 8 |
| ROPs | 4 | 8 |
| SM count | 2 | — |
| Cache L2 | 32 KB | — |
| Pixel shaders | — | 8 |
| Vertex shaders | — | 4 |
Performance
| Pixel rate | 2.424 GPixel/s | 4.000 GPixel/s |
|---|---|---|
| Texture rate | 4.848 GTexel/s | 4.000 GTexel/s |
| FP32 (float) performance | 38.78 GFLOPS | — |
| Vertex rate | — | 500.0 MVertices/s |
Dimensions & Outputs
| TDP | 14 W | 16 W |
|---|---|---|
| Outputs | No outputs | No outputs |
API Support & Features
| DirectX | 11.1 (10_1) | 9.0c (9_3) |
|---|---|---|
| OpenGL | 3.3 | 2.1 |
| OpenCL | 1.1 | — |
| Vulkan | — | — |
| CUDA | 1.2 | — |
| Shader model | 4.1 | 3.0 |
