GeForce 310 OEM vs Quadro NVS 295

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1364not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency0.72no data
ArchitectureTesla (2006−2010)Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013)
GPU code nameG98GT218
Market segmentWorkstationDesktop
Release date7 May 2009 (15 years ago)27 November 2009 (15 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$54.50 no data

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 cores816
Core clock speed540 MHz589 MHz
Number of transistors210 million260 million
Manufacturing process technology65 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)23 Watt31 Watt
Texture fill rate4.3204.712
Floating-point processing power0.0208 TFLOPS0.04486 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 1.0 x16PCIe 2.0 x16
Length168 mm168 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 typeGDDR3DDR2
Maximum RAM amount256 MB512 MB
Memory bus width64 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed695 MHz333 MHz
Memory bandwidth11.12 GB/s5.328 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 DisplayPort, 1x VGA

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.1 (10_0)11.1 (10_1)
Shader Model4.04.1
OpenGL3.33.3
OpenCL1.11.1
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA1.11.2

Pros & cons summary


Recency 7 May 2009 27 November 2009
Maximum RAM amount 256 MB 512 MB
Chip lithography 65 nm 40 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 23 Watt 31 Watt

NVS 295 has 34.8% lower power consumption.

310 OEM, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 6 months, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 62.5% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Quadro NVS 295 and GeForce 310 OEM. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Quadro NVS 295 is a workstation graphics card while GeForce 310 OEM is a desktop one.


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NVIDIA Quadro NVS 295
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