GeForce GT 610 OEM vs 8300 GS

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1330not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency0.51no data
ArchitectureTesla (2006−2010)Fermi 2.0 (2010−2014)
GPU code nameG86GF119
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date17 April 2007 (17 years ago)9 September 2012 (12 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 cores848
Core clock speed459 MHz550 MHz
Number of transistors210 million292 million
Manufacturing process technology80 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)40 Watt29 Watt
Texture fill rate3.6724.400
Floating-point processing power0.01469 TFLOPS0.1152 TFLOPS
ROPs44
TMUs88

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).

InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 2.0 x16
Lengthno data145 mm
Width1-slot1-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 typeDDR2DDR3
Maximum RAM amount128 MB1 GB
Memory bus width64 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed400 MHz500 MHz
Memory bandwidth6.4 GB/s8 GB/s

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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
HDMI-+

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.1 (10_0)12 (11_0)
Shader Model4.05.1
OpenGL3.34.6
OpenCL1.11.1
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA1.12.1

Pros & cons summary


Recency 17 April 2007 9 September 2012
Maximum RAM amount 128 MB 1 GB
Chip lithography 80 nm 40 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 40 Watt 29 Watt

GT 610 OEM has an age advantage of 5 years, a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 100% more advanced lithography process, and 37.9% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce 8300 GS and GeForce GT 610 OEM. We've got no test results to judge.


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