GeForce GT 530 OEM vs 310M

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Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking1326not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency1.49no data
ArchitectureTesla 2.0 (2007−2013)Fermi (2010−2014)
GPU code nameGT218GF108
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date10 January 2010 (14 years ago)14 May 2011 (13 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 cores1696
Core clock speed606 MHz700 MHz
Number of transistors260 million585 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)14 Watt50 Watt
Texture fill rate4.84811.20
Floating-point processing power0.04896 TFLOPS0.2688 TFLOPS
Gigaflops73no data
ROPs44
TMUs816

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 supportPCI-E 2.0no data
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 2.0 x16
Lengthno data145 mm
Widthno data1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNoneNone

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 typeDDR3DDR3
Maximum RAM amountUp to 1 GB1 GB
Memory bus width64 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speedUp to 800 (DDR3), Up to 800 (GDDR3) MHz900 MHz
Memory bandwidth10.67 GB/s28.8 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 ConnectorsDisplayPortHDMIVGADual Link DVISingle Link DVI1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
Multi monitor support+no data
HDMI++
Maximum VGA resolution2048x1536no data

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

Power management8.0no data

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX11.1 (10_1)12 (11_0)
Shader Model4.15.1
OpenGL3.34.6
OpenCL1.11.1
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA+2.1

Pros & cons summary


Recency 10 January 2010 14 May 2011
Power consumption (TDP) 14 Watt 50 Watt

GeForce 310M has 257.1% lower power consumption.

GT 530 OEM, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year.

We couldn't decide between GeForce 310M and GeForce GT 530 OEM. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce 310M is a notebook card while GeForce GT 530 OEM is a desktop one.


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