Quadro RTX 4000 Max-Q vs GeForce 315M

Place in the ranking	1329	169
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	1.47	27.94
Architecture	Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013)	Turing (2018−2022)
GPU code name	GT218	TU104
Market segment	Laptop	Mobile workstation
Release date	5 January 2011 (13 years ago)	27 May 2019 (5 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	16	2560
Core clock speed	606 MHz	780 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	1380 MHz
Number of transistors	260 million	13,600 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	14 Watt	80 Watt
Texture fill rate	4.848	220.8
Floating-point processing power	0.03878 TFLOPS	7.066 TFLOPS
Gigaflops	73	no data
ROPs	4	64
TMUs	8	160
Tensor Cores	no data	320
Ray Tracing Cores	no data	40

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).

Laptop size	no data	large
Bus support	PCI-E 2.0	no data
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
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	GDDR3	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	Up to 512 MB	8 GB
Memory bus width	64 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	Up to 800 (DDR3), Up to 800 (GDDR3) MHz	1625 MHz
Memory bandwidth	12.8 GB/s	416.0 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 Connectors	DisplayPortHDMIVGADual Link DVISingle Link DVI	No outputs
Multi monitor support	+	no data
HDMI	+	-
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536	no data
G-SYNC support	-	+

Supported technologies

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

Power management	8.0	no data
VR Ready	no data	+

API compatibility

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

DirectX	11.1 (10_1)	12 Ultimate (12_1)
Shader Model	4.1	6.5
OpenGL	4.1	4.6
OpenCL	1.1	1.2
Vulkan	N/A	1.2.131
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 315M 0.30

RTX 4000 Max-Q 32.57
+10757%

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 315M 115

RTX 4000 Max-Q 12546
+10810%

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 HD	0−1	94
1440p	-0−1	46
4K	0−1	55

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

2−3

−2650%

55−60
+2650%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4 −2233%	70−75 +2233%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3 −3200%	65−70 +3200%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −2650%	55−60 +2650%
Hitman 3	4−5 −1600%	65−70 +1600%
Horizon Zero Dawn	8−9 −1675%	140−150 +1675%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	4−5 −2775%	110−120 +2775%
Watch Dogs: Legion	27−30 −321%	110−120 +321%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4 −2233%	70−75 +2233%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3 −3200%	65−70 +3200%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −2650%	55−60 +2650%
Hitman 3	4−5 −1600%	65−70 +1600%
Horizon Zero Dawn	8−9 −1675%	140−150 +1675%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	4−5 −2775%	110−120 +2775%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	9−10 −656%	65−70 +656%
Watch Dogs: Legion	27−30 −321%	110−120 +321%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4 −2233%	70−75 +2233%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3 −3200%	65−70 +3200%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −2650%	55−60 +2650%
Hitman 3	4−5 −1600%	65−70 +1600%
Horizon Zero Dawn	8−9 −1675%	140−150 +1675%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	4−5 −2775%	110−120 +2775%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	9−10 −600%	63 +600%
Watch Dogs: Legion	27−30 −321%	110−120 +321%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077	0−1	21−24
Hitman 3	6−7 −583%	40−45 +583%
Horizon Zero Dawn	2−3 −3350%	65−70 +3350%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

2−3

−2650%

55−60
+2650%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2 −2000%	21−24 +2000%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	0−1	18−20

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

2−3

−1300%

27−30
+1300%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	55−60 +0%	55−60 +0%
Battlefield 5	100−110 +0%	100−110 +0%
Far Cry 5	70−75 +0%	70−75 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	80−85 +0%	80−85 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	170−180 +0%	170−180 +0%
Metro Exodus	100−110 +0%	100−110 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	80−85 +0%	80−85 +0%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	55−60 +0%	55−60 +0%
Battlefield 5	100−110 +0%	100−110 +0%
Far Cry 5	70−75 +0%	70−75 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	80−85 +0%	80−85 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	170−180 +0%	170−180 +0%
Metro Exodus	100−110 +0%	100−110 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	80−85 +0%	80−85 +0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	55−60 +0%	55−60 +0%
Far Cry 5	70−75 +0%	70−75 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	170−180 +0%	170−180 +0%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

80−85

+0%

80−85

+0%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	60−65 +0%	60−65 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	50−55 +0%	50−55 +0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	35−40 +0%	35−40 +0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	30−35 +0%	30−35 +0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	35−40 +0%	35−40 +0%
Far Cry 5	35−40 +0%	35−40 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	180−190 +0%	180−190 +0%
Metro Exodus	60−65 +0%	60−65 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	75−80 +0%	75−80 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	40−45 +0%	40−45 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	170−180 +0%	170−180 +0%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	30−35 +0%	30−35 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	24−27 +0%	24−27 +0%
Hitman 3	24−27 +0%	24−27 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	160−170 +0%	160−170 +0%
Metro Exodus	40−45 +0%	40−45 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	36 +0%	36 +0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	20−22 +0%	20−22 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	10−11 +0%	10−11 +0%
Far Cry 5	18−20 +0%	18−20 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	45−50 +0%	45−50 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	40−45 +0%	40−45 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	16−18 +0%	16−18 +0%

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

in Horizon Zero Dawn, with 1440p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the RTX 4000 Max-Q is 3350% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

RTX 4000 Max-Q is ahead in 29 tests (41%)
there's a draw in 41 test (59%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.30	32.57
Recency	5 January 2011	27 May 2019
Chip lithography	40 nm	12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	14 Watt	80 Watt

GeForce 315M has 471.4% lower power consumption.

RTX 4000 Max-Q, on the other hand, has a 10756.7% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 8 years, and a 233.3% more advanced lithography process.

The Quadro RTX 4000 Max-Q is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce 315M in performance tests.

Be aware that GeForce 315M is a notebook graphics card while Quadro RTX 4000 Max-Q is a mobile workstation one.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.