Radeon 610M vs Quadro NVS 300M
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | 788 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | 37 |
| Power efficiency | no data | 13.24 |
| Architecture | Curie (2003−2013) | RDNA 2.0 (2020−2024) |
| GPU code name | G73 | Dragon Range |
| Market segment | Mobile workstation | Laptop |
| Release date | 24 May 2006 (18 years ago) | 3 January 2023 (1 year 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 cores | 13 | 128 |
| Core clock speed | 500 MHz | 400 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 450 MHz | 2200 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 177 million | no data |
| Manufacturing process technology | 90 nm | 5 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 16 Watt | 15 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 2.000 | 17.60 |
| Floating-point processing power | no data | 0.5632 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 2 | 4 |
| TMUs | 4 | 8 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | no data | 2 |
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 size | medium sized | no data |
| Interface | PCIe 1.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x8 |
| Supplementary power connectors | no data | None |
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 type | GDDR3 | System Shared |
| Maximum RAM amount | 256 MB | System Shared |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | System Shared |
| Memory clock speed | 700 MHz | System Shared |
| Memory bandwidth | 22.4 GB/s | no data |
| 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 Connectors | No outputs | Portable Device Dependent |
API compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 9.0c (9_3) | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
| Shader Model | 3.0 | 6.7 |
| OpenGL | 2.1 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | N/A | 2.1 |
| Vulkan | N/A | 1.3 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 24 May 2006 | 3 January 2023 |
| Chip lithography | 90 nm | 5 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 16 Watt | 15 Watt |
Radeon 610M has an age advantage of 16 years, a 1700% more advanced lithography process, and 6.7% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Quadro NVS 300M and Radeon 610M. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Quadro NVS 300M is a mobile workstation card while Radeon 610M is a mobile workstation 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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