GeForce 315M vs GTX 660 Ti

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking411not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation3.09no data
Power efficiency5.52no data
ArchitectureKepler (2012−2018)Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013)
GPU code nameGK104GT218
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date16 August 2012 (12 years ago)5 January 2011 (13 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$299 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores134416
Core clock speed915 MHz606 MHz
Boost clock speed980 MHzno data
Number of transistors3,540 million260 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)150 Watt14 Watt
Texture fill rate109.84.848
Floating-point processing power2.634 TFLOPS0.03878 TFLOPS
Gigaflopsno data73
ROPs244
TMUs1128

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 Express 3.0PCI-E 2.0
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 2.0 x16
Length241 mmno data
Height4.376" (11.1 cm)no data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors2x 6-pinno data
SLI options+-

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 typeGDDR5GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount2 GBUp to 512 MB
Memory bus width192-bit GDDR564 Bit
Memory clock speed6.0 GB/sUp to 800 (DDR3), Up to 800 (GDDR3) MHz
Memory bandwidth144.2 GB/s12.8 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 ConnectorsOne Dual Link DVI-I, One Dual Link DVI-D, One HDMI, One DisplayPortDisplayPortHDMIVGADual Link DVISingle Link DVI
Multi monitor support4 displays+
HDMI++
HDCP+-
Maximum VGA resolution2048x15362048x1536
Audio input for HDMIInternalno data

Supported technologies

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

3D Blu-Ray+-
3D Gaming+-
3D Vision+-
Power managementno data8.0

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)11.1 (10_1)
Shader Model5.14.1
OpenGL4.34.1
OpenCL1.21.1
Vulkan1.1.126N/A
CUDA++

Synthetic benchmark performance

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



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.

GTX 660 Ti 4428
+3750%
GeForce 315M 115

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.

GTX 660 Ti 23726
+2040%
GeForce 315M 1109

Pros & cons summary


Recency 16 August 2012 5 January 2011
Chip lithography 28 nm 40 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 150 Watt 14 Watt

GTX 660 Ti has an age advantage of 1 year, and a 42.9% more advanced lithography process.

GeForce 315M, on the other hand, has 971.4% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 660 Ti and GeForce 315M. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 660 Ti is a desktop card while GeForce 315M is a notebook 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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