GeForce 510 OEM vs GT 320M

Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureTesla (2006−2010)Fermi 2.0 (2010−2014)
GPU code nameG96CGF119
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date15 June 2009 (15 years ago)29 September 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 cores3248
Core clock speed500 MHz523 MHz
Number of transistors314 million292 million
Manufacturing process technology55 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)14 Watt25 Watt
Texture fill rate8.0004.184
Floating-point processing power0.08 TFLOPS0.1004 TFLOPS
ROPs84
TMUs168

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 sizemedium sizedno data
InterfaceMXM-IIPCIe 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 typeGDDR3DDR3
Maximum RAM amount512 MB1 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed800 MHz898 MHz
Memory bandwidth25.6 GB/s14.37 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 ConnectorsNo outputs1x 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 15 June 2009 29 September 2011
Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 1 GB
Chip lithography 55 nm 40 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 14 Watt 25 Watt

GT 320M has 78.6% lower power consumption.

510 OEM, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 years, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 37.5% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GT 320M and GeForce 510 OEM. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GT 320M is a notebook card while GeForce 510 OEM is a desktop one.


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NVIDIA GeForce GT 320M
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