NVIDIA GeForce 315 OEM vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500M
Graphics Processor
| GPU model | GT215 | G71 |
|---|---|---|
| GPU variant | GT215-450-A2 | — |
| Architecture | Tesla 2.0 | Curie |
| Foundry | TSMC | TSMC |
| Manufacturing process | 40 nm | 90 nm |
| Number of transistors | 727 million | 278 million |
| Die size | 144 mm² | 196 mm² |
Graphics Card
| Release date | Apr 28th, 2011 | — |
|---|---|---|
| Generation | GeForce 300 | — |
| Production | End-of-life | — |
| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | — |
| Predecessor | GeForce 200 | — |
| Successor | GeForce 400 | — |
Clocks
| GPU clock | 506 MHz | 575 MHz |
|---|---|---|
| Shader clock | 1012 MHz | — |
| Memory clock | 350 MHz 700 Mbps effective | 600 MHz 1200 Mbps effective |
Memory Configuration
| Memory size | 256 MB | 512 MB |
|---|---|---|
| Memory type | DDR2 | GDDR3 |
| Memory bus width | 64 bit | 256 bit |
| Bandwidth | 5.600 GB/s | 38.40 GB/s |
Render Configuration
| Shading units | 48 | — |
|---|---|---|
| TMUs | 16 | 24 |
| ROPs | 4 | 16 |
| SM count | 6 | — |
| Cache L2 | 32 KB | — |
| Pixel shaders | — | 24 |
| Vertex shaders | — | 8 |
Performance
| Pixel rate | 2.024 GPixel/s | 9.200 GPixel/s |
|---|---|---|
| Texture rate | 8.096 GTexel/s | 13.80 GTexel/s |
| FP32 (float) performance | 97.15 GFLOPS | — |
| Vertex rate | — | 1.150 GVertices/s |
Dimensions & Outputs
| Slot width | Single-slot | MXM Module |
|---|---|---|
| Length | 168 mm 6.6 inches | — |
| TDP | 33 W | 45 W |
| Suggested PSU | 200 W | — |
| Outputs | 1x DVI1x HDMI1x VGA | No outputs |
| Power connectors | None | — |
| Board number | P680 | — |
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 |
Other Features
Mobile graphics
| Release date | — | Mar 1st, 2007 |
|---|---|---|
| Generation | — | Quadro FX Mobile (x500M) |
| Production | — | End-of-life |
| Interface | — | MXM-III |
| Reviews | — | 26 in our database |
| Predecessor | — | Quadro FX Go |
