NVIDIA GeForce 310 OEM vs NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GT
Graphics Processor
| GPU model | GT218 | G70 |
|---|---|---|
| GPU variant | GT218-300-A2 | GF-7800-GT-A2 |
| Architecture | Tesla 2.0 | Curie |
| Foundry | TSMC | TSMC |
| Manufacturing process | 40 nm | 110 nm |
| Number of transistors | 260 million | 302 million |
| Die size | 57 mm² | 333 mm² |
Graphics Card
| Release date | Nov 27th, 2009 | Aug 11th, 2005 |
|---|---|---|
| Generation | GeForce 300 | GeForce 7 PCIe |
| Production | End-of-life | End-of-life |
| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | PCIe 1.0 x16 |
| Predecessor | GeForce 200 | GeForce 6 PCIe |
| Successor | GeForce 400 | GeForce 8 |
| Launch price | — | 449 USD |
| Reviews | — | 206 in our database |
Clocks
| GPU clock | 589 MHz | 400 MHz |
|---|---|---|
| Shader clock | 1402 MHz | — |
| Memory clock | 333 MHz 666 Mbps effective | 500 MHz 1000 Mbps effective |
Memory Configuration
| Memory size | 512 MB | 256 MB |
|---|---|---|
| Memory type | DDR2 | GDDR3 |
| Memory bus width | 64 bit | 256 bit |
| Bandwidth | 5.328 GB/s | 32.00 GB/s |
Render Configuration
| Shading units | 16 | — |
|---|---|---|
| TMUs | 8 | 20 |
| ROPs | 4 | 16 |
| SM count | 2 | — |
| Cache L2 | 32 KB | — |
| Pixel shaders | — | 20 |
| Vertex shaders | — | 7 |
Performance
| Pixel rate | 2.356 GPixel/s | 6.400 GPixel/s |
|---|---|---|
| Texture rate | 4.712 GTexel/s | 8.000 GTexel/s |
| FP32 (float) performance | 44.86 GFLOPS | — |
| Vertex rate | — | 700.0 MVertices/s |
Dimensions & Outputs
| Slot width | Single-slot | Single-slot |
|---|---|---|
| Length | 168 mm 6.6 inches | 226 mm 8.9 inches |
| TDP | 31 W | 65 W |
| Suggested PSU | 200 W | 250 W |
| Outputs | 1x DVI1x DisplayPort1x VGA | 2x DVI1x S-Video |
| Power connectors | None | 1x 6-pin |
| Board number | P691 | P317 |
| Width | — | 111 mm 4.4 inches |
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 |
