NVIDIA GeForce 315M vs NVIDIA GeForce 6800
Graphics Processor
| GPU model | GT218 | NV40 |
|---|---|---|
| GPU variant | N11M-GE | — |
| Architecture | Tesla 2.0 | Curie |
| Foundry | TSMC | TSMC |
| Manufacturing process | 40 nm | 130 nm |
| Number of transistors | 260 million | 222 million |
| Die size | 57 mm² | 287 mm² |
Mobile graphics
| Release date | Jan 5th, 2011 | — |
|---|---|---|
| Generation | GeForce 300M | — |
| Production | End-of-life | — |
| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | — |
| Reviews | 2 in our database | — |
| Predecessor | GeForce 200M | — |
| Successor | GeForce 400M | — |
Clocks
| GPU clock | 606 MHz | 325 MHz |
|---|---|---|
| Shader clock | 1212 MHz | — |
| Memory clock | 800 MHz 1600 Mbps effective | 350 MHz 700 Mbps effective |
Memory Configuration
| Memory size | 512 MB | 128 MB |
|---|---|---|
| Memory type | GDDR3 | DDR |
| Memory bus width | 64 bit | 256 bit |
| Bandwidth | 12.80 GB/s | 22.40 GB/s |
Render Configuration
| Shading units | 16 | — |
|---|---|---|
| TMUs | 8 | 12 |
| ROPs | 4 | 12 |
| SM count | 2 | — |
| Cache L2 | 32 KB | — |
| Pixel shaders | — | 12 |
| Vertex shaders | — | 5 |
Performance
| Pixel rate | 2.424 GPixel/s | 3.900 GPixel/s |
|---|---|---|
| Texture rate | 4.848 GTexel/s | 3.900 GTexel/s |
| FP32 (float) performance | 38.78 GFLOPS | — |
| Vertex rate | — | 406.3 MVertices/s |
Dimensions & Outputs
| TDP | 14 W | unknown |
|---|---|---|
| Outputs | No outputs | 1x DVI1x VGA1x S-Video |
| Slot width | — | Single-slot |
| Suggested PSU | — | 200 W |
| Power connectors | — | 1x Molex |
| Board number | — | P201, P212 |
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
Graphics Card
| Release date | — | Apr 14th, 2004 |
|---|---|---|
| Generation | — | GeForce 6 AGP |
| Production | — | End-of-life |
| Interface | — | AGP 8x |
| Reviews | — | 115 in our database |
| Predecessor | — | GeForce FX |
| Successor | — | GeForce 7 AGP |