GeForce GTX 1080 11Gbps vs NVS 310

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1190not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.03no data
Power efficiency2.23no data
ArchitectureFermi 2.0 (2010−2014)Pascal (2016−2021)
GPU code nameGF119GP104
Market segmentWorkstationDesktop
Release date26 June 2012 (12 years ago)20 April 2017 (7 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$159 $499

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 cores482560
Core clock speed523 MHz1607 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1733 MHz
Number of transistors292 million7,200 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm16 nm
Power consumption (TDP)20 Watt180 Watt
Texture fill rate4.184277.3
Floating-point processing power0.1004 TFLOPS8.873 TFLOPS
ROPs464
TMUs8160

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 3.0 x16
Length156 mm267 mm
Width1-slot2-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 typeDDR3GDDR5X
Maximum RAM amount512 MB8 GB
Memory bus width64 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed875 MHz1376 MHz
Memory bandwidth14 GB/s352.3 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 Connectors2x DisplayPort1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
HDMI-+

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)12 (12_1)
Shader Model5.16.4
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.11.2
VulkanN/A1.2.131
CUDA2.16.1

Pros & cons summary


Recency 26 June 2012 20 April 2017
Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 8 GB
Chip lithography 40 nm 16 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 20 Watt 180 Watt

NVS 310 has 800% lower power consumption.

GTX 1080 11Gbps, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 4 years, a 1500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 150% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between NVS 310 and GeForce GTX 1080 11Gbps. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that NVS 310 is a workstation graphics card while GeForce GTX 1080 11Gbps is a desktop one.


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