GeForce 310M vs A100 SXM4
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in performance ranking | not rated | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | Ampere (2020−2024) | GT2xx (2009−2012) |
| GPU code name | GA100 | N11M-GE1 |
| Market segment | Desktop | Laptop |
| Release date | 14 May 2020 (4 years ago) | 10 January 2010 (14 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 6912 | 16 |
| CUDA cores | no data | 16 |
| Core clock speed | 1410 MHz | 606 / 625 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 54,200 million | 260 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 7 nm | 40 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 400 Watt | 14 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 609.1 | 4.848 |
| Floating-point performance | 19.49 gflops | 0.04896 gflops |
| Gigaflops | no data | 73 |
Form factor & compatibility
Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).
| Bus support | no data | PCI-E 2.0 |
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x16 | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
| Width | IGP | no data |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | None |
VRAM capacity and type
Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.
| Memory type | HBM2E | GDDR3, DDR3 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 40 GB | Up to 1 GB |
| Memory bus width | 5120 Bit | 64 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 2430 MHz | Up to 800 (DDR3), Up to 800 (GDDR3) MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 1,555 GB/s | 10.67 GB/s |
| Shared memory | - | - |
Connectivity and outputs
Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.
| Display Connectors | No outputs | DisplayPortHDMIVGADual Link DVISingle Link DVI |
| Multi monitor support | no data | + |
| HDMI | - | + |
| Maximum VGA resolution | no data | 2048x1536 |
Supported technologies
Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.
| Power management | no data | 8.0 |
API compatibility
List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 Ultimate (12_2) | 11.1 (10_1) |
| Shader Model | 6.5 | 4.1 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 3.3 |
| OpenCL | 2.0 | 1.1 |
| Vulkan | 1.2.140 | N/A |
| CUDA | 8.0 | + |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 14 May 2020 | 10 January 2010 |
| Chip lithography | 7 nm | 40 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 400 Watt | 14 Watt |
A100 SXM4 has an age advantage of 10 years, and a 471.4% more advanced lithography process.
GeForce 310M, on the other hand, has 2757.1% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between A100 SXM4 and GeForce 310M. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that A100 SXM4 is a desktop card while GeForce 310M is a notebook one.
Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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