NVIDIA GeForce 310 OEM vs NVIDIA GeForce 9700M GTS
Graphics Processor
| GPU model | GT218 | G94 |
|---|---|---|
| GPU variant | GT218-300-A2 | NB9E-GS |
| Architecture | Tesla 2.0 | Tesla |
| Foundry | TSMC | TSMC |
| Manufacturing process | 40 nm | 65 nm |
| Number of transistors | 260 million | 505 million |
| Die size | 57 mm² | 240 mm² |
Graphics Card
| Release date | Nov 27th, 2009 | — |
|---|---|---|
| Generation | GeForce 300 | — |
| Production | End-of-life | — |
| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | — |
| Predecessor | GeForce 200 | — |
| Successor | GeForce 400 | — |
Clocks
| GPU clock | 589 MHz | 530 MHz |
|---|---|---|
| Shader clock | 1402 MHz | 1325 MHz |
| Memory clock | 333 MHz 666 Mbps effective | 800 MHz 1600 Mbps effective |
Memory Configuration
| Memory size | 512 MB | 512 MB |
|---|---|---|
| Memory type | DDR2 | GDDR3 |
| Memory bus width | 64 bit | 256 bit |
| Bandwidth | 5.328 GB/s | 51.20 GB/s |
Render Configuration
| Shading units | 16 | 48 |
|---|---|---|
| TMUs | 8 | 24 |
| ROPs | 4 | 16 |
| SM count | 2 | 6 |
| Cache L2 | 32 KB | 64 KB |
Performance
| Pixel rate | 2.356 GPixel/s | 8.480 GPixel/s |
|---|---|---|
| Texture rate | 4.712 GTexel/s | 12.72 GTexel/s |
| FP32 (float) performance | 44.86 GFLOPS | 127.2 GFLOPS |
Dimensions & Outputs
| Slot width | Single-slot | — |
|---|---|---|
| Length | 168 mm 6.6 inches | — |
| TDP | 31 W | 60 W |
| Suggested PSU | 200 W | — |
| Outputs | 1x DVI1x DisplayPort1x VGA | No outputs |
| Power connectors | None | — |
| Board number | P691 | — |
API Support & Features
| DirectX | 11.1 (10_1) | 11.1 (10_0) |
|---|---|---|
| OpenGL | 3.3 | 3.3 |
| OpenCL | 1.1 | 1.1 |
| Vulkan | — | — |
| CUDA | 1.2 | 1.1 |
| Shader model | 4.1 | 4.0 |
Other Features
Mobile graphics
| Release date | — | Jul 29th, 2008 |
|---|---|---|
| Generation | — | GeForce 9M (9700M) |
| Production | — | End-of-life |
| Interface | — | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
| Predecessor | — | GeForce 8M |
| Successor | — | GeForce 100M |
