NVIDIA GeForce 315 OEM vs NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS PCI
Graphics Processor
| GPU model | GT215 | G98 |
|---|---|---|
| GPU variant | GT215-450-A2 | — |
| Architecture | Tesla 2.0 | Tesla |
| Foundry | TSMC | TSMC |
| Manufacturing process | 40 nm | 65 nm |
| Number of transistors | 727 million | 210 million |
| Die size | 144 mm² | 86 mm² |
Graphics Card
| Release date | Apr 28th, 2011 | Dec 4th, 2007 |
|---|---|---|
| Generation | GeForce 300 | GeForce 8 |
| Production | End-of-life | End-of-life |
| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | PCI |
| Predecessor | GeForce 200 | GeForce 7 PCIe |
| Successor | GeForce 400 | GeForce 9 |
| Reviews | — | 10 in our database |
Clocks
| GPU clock | 506 MHz | 567 MHz |
|---|---|---|
| Shader clock | 1012 MHz | 1400 MHz |
| Memory clock | 350 MHz 700 Mbps effective | 333 MHz 666 Mbps effective |
Memory Configuration
| Memory size | 256 MB | 512 MB |
|---|---|---|
| Memory type | DDR2 | DDR2 |
| Memory bus width | 64 bit | 64 bit |
| Bandwidth | 5.600 GB/s | 5.328 GB/s |
Render Configuration
| Shading units | 48 | 8 |
|---|---|---|
| TMUs | 16 | 4 |
| ROPs | 4 | 4 |
| SM count | 6 | 1 |
| Cache L2 | 32 KB | 16 KB |
Performance
| Pixel rate | 2.024 GPixel/s | 2.268 GPixel/s |
|---|---|---|
| Texture rate | 8.096 GTexel/s | 2.268 GTexel/s |
| FP32 (float) performance | 97.15 GFLOPS | 22.40 GFLOPS |
Dimensions & Outputs
| Slot width | Single-slot | Single-slot |
|---|---|---|
| Length | 168 mm 6.6 inches | 170 mm 6.7 inches |
| TDP | 33 W | 25 W |
| Suggested PSU | 200 W | 200 W |
| Outputs | 1x DVI1x HDMI1x VGA | 1x DVI1x VGA1x S-Video |
| Power connectors | None | None |
| Board number | P680 | P561 |
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 |
