GeForce RTX 2060 vs 310M

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce 310M with GeForce RTX 2060, including specs and performance data.

GeForce 310M
2010
Up to 1 GB DDR3, 14 Watt
0.31

RTX 2060 outperforms 310M by a whopping 11742% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1325131
Place by popularitynot in top-10016
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data40.45
Power efficiency1.5215.73
ArchitectureTesla 2.0 (2007−2013)Turing (2018−2022)
GPU code nameGT218TU106
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date10 January 2010 (14 years ago)7 January 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$349

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

no data

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 cores161920
Core clock speed606 MHz1365 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1680 MHz
Number of transistors260 million10,800 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)14 Watt160 Watt
Texture fill rate4.848201.6
Floating-point processing power0.04896 TFLOPS6.451 TFLOPS
Gigaflops73no data
ROPs448
TMUs8120
Tensor Coresno data240
Ray Tracing Coresno data30

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 3.0 x16
Lengthno data229 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNone1x 8-pin

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 typeDDR3GDDR6
Maximum RAM amountUp to 1 GB6 GB
Memory bus width64 Bit192 Bit
Memory clock speedUp to 800 (DDR3), Up to 800 (GDDR3) MHz1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth10.67 GB/s336.0 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 ConnectorsDisplayPortHDMIVGADual Link DVISingle Link DVI1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C
Multi monitor support+no data
HDMI++
Maximum VGA resolution2048x1536no data
G-SYNC support-+

Supported technologies

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

Power management8.0no data
VR Readyno data+

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.1 (10_1)12
Shader Model4.16.5
OpenGL3.34.6
OpenCL1.11.2
VulkanN/A1.2.131
CUDA+7.5

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

GeForce 310M 0.31
RTX 2060 36.71
+11742%

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

GeForce 310M 118
RTX 2060 14145
+11887%

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

GeForce 310M 1123
RTX 2060 60454
+5283%

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD1−2
−11800%
119
+11800%
1440p0−177
4K-0−147

Cost per frame, $

1080pno data2.93
1440pno data4.53
4Kno data7.43

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
−3050%
60−65
+3050%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 3−4
−2967%
92
+2967%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2−3
−5200%
106
+5200%
Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
−3050%
60−65
+3050%
Hitman 3 4−5
−2350%
98
+2350%
Horizon Zero Dawn 8−9
−3000%
248
+3000%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 4−5
−4675%
191
+4675%
Watch Dogs: Legion 27−30
−807%
254
+807%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 3−4
−4267%
131
+4267%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2−3
−4700%
96
+4700%
Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
−3050%
60−65
+3050%
Hitman 3 4−5
−2300%
96
+2300%
Horizon Zero Dawn 8−9
−2988%
247
+2988%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 4−5
−3200%
130−140
+3200%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 9−10
−744%
75−80
+744%
Watch Dogs: Legion 27−30
−771%
244
+771%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 3−4
−1767%
56
+1767%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2−3
−3450%
71
+3450%
Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
−3050%
60−65
+3050%
Hitman 3 4−5
−1925%
81
+1925%
Horizon Zero Dawn 8−9
−1400%
120
+1400%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 4−5
−3200%
130−140
+3200%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 9−10
−711%
73
+711%
Watch Dogs: Legion 27−30
−60.7%
45
+60.7%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 0−1 27−30
Hitman 3 6−7
−800%
54
+800%
Horizon Zero Dawn 2−3
−4350%
89
+4350%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 2−3
−3600%
74
+3600%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 1−2
−2700%
28
+2700%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 0−1 24

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 2−3
−1800%
38
+1800%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla 79
+0%
79
+0%
Battlefield 5 157
+0%
157
+0%
Far Cry 5 114
+0%
114
+0%
Far Cry New Dawn 128
+0%
128
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 205
+0%
205
+0%
Metro Exodus 144
+0%
144
+0%
Red Dead Redemption 2 109
+0%
109
+0%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla 64
+0%
64
+0%
Battlefield 5 140
+0%
140
+0%
Far Cry 5 91
+0%
91
+0%
Far Cry New Dawn 95
+0%
95
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 194
+0%
194
+0%
Metro Exodus 140
+0%
140
+0%
Red Dead Redemption 2 103
+0%
103
+0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla 55
+0%
55
+0%
Far Cry 5 70
+0%
70
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 105
+0%
105
+0%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 96
+0%
96
+0%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 70−75
+0%
70−75
+0%
Far Cry New Dawn 55−60
+0%
55−60
+0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 35−40
+0%
35−40
+0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 42
+0%
42
+0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 51
+0%
51
+0%
Far Cry 5 40−45
+0%
40−45
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 200−210
+0%
200−210
+0%
Metro Exodus 76
+0%
76
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 85−90
+0%
85−90
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 50−55
+0%
50−55
+0%
Watch Dogs: Legion 236
+0%
236
+0%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 40
+0%
40
+0%
Far Cry New Dawn 37
+0%
37
+0%
Hitman 3 30−33
+0%
30−33
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 104
+0%
104
+0%
Metro Exodus 52
+0%
52
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 51
+0%
51
+0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 28
+0%
28
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 12−14
+0%
12−14
+0%
Far Cry 5 25
+0%
25
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 59
+0%
59
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 45−50
+0%
45−50
+0%
Watch Dogs: Legion 17
+0%
17
+0%

This is how GeForce 310M and RTX 2060 compete in popular games:

  • RTX 2060 is 11800% faster in 1080p

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

  • in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the RTX 2060 is 5200% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • RTX 2060 is ahead in 29 tests (41%)
  • there's a draw in 41 test (59%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.31 36.71
Recency 10 January 2010 7 January 2019
Chip lithography 40 nm 12 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 14 Watt 160 Watt

GeForce 310M has 1042.9% lower power consumption.

RTX 2060, on the other hand, has a 11741.9% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 8 years, and a 233.3% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce RTX 2060 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce 310M in performance tests.

Be aware that GeForce 310M is a notebook card while GeForce RTX 2060 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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