GeForce 315 OEM vs Arc A350M
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 352 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 41.94 | no data |
| Architecture | Generation 12.7 (2022−2023) | Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013) |
| GPU code name | DG2-128 | GT216 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Desktop |
| Release date | 30 March 2022 (2 years ago) | 31 March 2010 (14 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 768 | 48 |
| Core clock speed | 300 MHz | 475 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1150 MHz | no data |
| Number of transistors | 7,200 million | 486 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 6 nm | 40 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 25 Watt | 33 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 55.20 | 7.600 |
| Floating-point processing power | 1.766 TFLOPS | 0.1056 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 24 | 8 |
| TMUs | 48 | 16 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | 6 | no data |
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).
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x8 | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
| Length | no data | 168 mm |
| Width | no data | 1-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | no data | 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 | GDDR6 | DDR3 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB | 512 MB |
| Memory bus width | 64 Bit | 64 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1750 MHz | 790 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 112.0 GB/s | 12.64 GB/s |
| Shared memory | - | no data |
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 | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA |
| HDMI | - | + |
API compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 Ultimate (12_2) | 11.1 (10_1) |
| Shader Model | 6.6 | 4.1 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 3.3 |
| OpenCL | 3.0 | 1.1 |
| Vulkan | 1.3 | N/A |
| CUDA | - | 1.2 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 30 March 2022 | 31 March 2010 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB | 512 MB |
| Chip lithography | 6 nm | 40 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 25 Watt | 33 Watt |
Arc A350M has an age advantage of 11 years, a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 566.7% more advanced lithography process, and 32% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Arc A350M and GeForce 315 OEM. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Arc A350M is a notebook card while GeForce 315 OEM is a desktop 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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