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NVIDIA GeForce 305M vs NVIDIA GeForce 315M

NVIDIA GeForce 305M

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The Nvidia GeForce 305M or G 305M is a laptop graphics card for entry level (small sized) notebooks. It has a similar computing power as the GeForce 9400M (ION) integrated chipset but features dedicated graphics memory (up to 512 MB connected with a 64 Bit memory interface). The core of the card is based on the GT218 architecture and supports hardware DirectX 10.1 effects.

The card supports PureVideo HD to decode HD videos with the graphics card (like Blu-Ray movies). PhysX is not really supported by the card, because of the lacking performance. 

The gaming performance should be only a bit better than the 9400M G and therefore only suited for non demanding games or games in low resolution and detail settings. It is compareable to the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4350. Therefore, gamers wont be happy with the GeForce 305M.

NVIDIA GeForce 315M

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The Nvidia GeForce 315M is an entry level graphics card for laptops and technically a sligthly lower clocked GeForce 310M. It is also based on the GT218 core that was introduced with the G 210M.

The performance of the 315M is similar to the GeForce 310M / G 210M and therefore located in the entry level class. Modern 3D games like COD Modern Warfare 2 run only in low details and resolutions fluently. Some demanding games like NFS Shift or GTA4 wont run fluently at all. Less demanding games like SIMS 3 run in medium details and resolutions fluently. Therefore, the graphics card can not be recommended for gamers.

The card supports DirectX 10.1 and all the features of the G 210M. Therefore PureVideo HD to decode HD videos with the graphics card is supported. The used Video Processor 4 (VP4) is able to fully decode H.264, VC-1, MPEG-2, and also MPEG-4 ASP (DivX or xVID) in hardware to minimize CPU load. MPEG-1 is not supported but can be easily handled by every modern CPU.

As the 315M supports CUDA, DirectX Compute 10.1, and OpenCL, the shaders of the graphics processor can be used for other tasks than rendering images (e.g. faster encoding of videos).

The used GT218 core is manufactured in 40nm and based on the desktop GTX 200 architecture. Therefore, the shaders have been reworked compared to the old GeForce G110M for an improved performance and battery runtime.

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NVIDIA GeForce 305MNVIDIA GeForce 315M
GeForce 300M Series
GeForce 320M compare 32 @ 0.45 GHz
GeForce 310M compare 16 @ 0.61 GHz64 Bit @ 800 MHz
GeForce 315M 16 @ 0.61 GHz64 Bit @ 790 MHz
GeForce 305M 16 @ 0.53 GHz64 Bit @ 700 MHz
GeForce 320M compare 32 @ 0.45 GHz
GeForce 310M compare 16 @ 0.61 GHz64 Bit @ 800 MHz
GeForce 315M 16 @ 0.61 GHz64 Bit @ 790 MHz
GeForce 305M 16 @ 0.53 GHz64 Bit @ 700 MHz
Codenamen11m-lp1N11M-GE
ArchitectureGT2xxGT2xx
Pipelines16 - unified16 - unified
Core Speed525 MHz606 MHz
Shader Speed1150 MHz1212 MHz
Memory Speed700 MHz790 MHz
Memory Bus Width64 Bit64 Bit
Memory TypeGDDR2, GDDR3, DDR2, DDR3GDDR3, DDR3
Max. Amount of Memory512 MB512 MB
Shared Memorynono
APIDirectX 10.1, Shader 4.1DirectX 10.1, Shader 4.1
technology40 nm40 nm
FeaturesDirectX Compute Support (Windows 7), CUDA, OpenCL, OpenGL 2.1, HybridPowerDirectX Compute Support (Windows 7), CUDA, OpenCL, OpenGL 2.1, HybridPower
Date of Announcement10.01.2010 01.12.2010
Information55 Gigaflops
Link to Manufacturer Pagewww.nvidia.com
Transistors260 Million

Benchmarks

3DMark Vantage
3DM Vant. Perf. total + NVIDIA GeForce 315M
3DMark Vantage - 3DM Vant. Perf. total
min: 1104     avg: 1109     median: 1108.5 (0%)     max: 1113 Points
3DM Vant. Perf. GPU no PhysX + NVIDIA GeForce 315M
3DMark Vantage - 3DM Vant. Perf. GPU no PhysX
min: 861     avg: 865     median: 864.5 (0%)     max: 868 Points
3DMark 2001SE - 3DMark 2001 - Standard
14749 Points (15%)
3DMark 03 - 3DMark 03 - Standard
8555 Points (4%)
min: 10163     avg: 10326     median: 10325.5 (5%)     max: 10488 Points
3DMark 05 - 3DMark 05 - Standard
min: 7073     avg: 7077     median: 7076.5 (8%)     max: 7080 Points
3DMark 06 3DMark 06 - Score Unknown Settings + NVIDIA GeForce 305M
3DMark 06
3101 Points (4%)
3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x1024 + NVIDIA GeForce 315M
3DMark 06
min: 3247     avg: 3267     median: 3267 (4%)     max: 3287 Points
Windows 7 Experience Index - Win7 Gaming graphics
5.9 Points (75%)
Windows 7 Experience Index - Win7 Graphics
min: 4.6     avg: 4.8     median: 4.8 (60%)     max: 4.9 Points
Cinebench R10 Cinebench R10 Shading (32bit) + NVIDIA GeForce 315M
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Shading (32bit)
min: 3452     avg: 3787     median: 3787 (3%)     max: 4122 Points
Cinebench R11.5 Cinebench R11.5 OpenGL 64 Bit + NVIDIA GeForce 315M
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 OpenGL 64 Bit
min: 7.76     avg: 8.1     median: 8.1 (3%)     max: 8.48 fps

Average Benchmarks NVIDIA GeForce 305M → 100% n=1

Average Benchmarks NVIDIA GeForce 315M → 121% n=1

- Range of benchmark values for this graphics card
red legend - Average benchmark values for this graphics card
* Smaller numbers mean a higher performance
1 This benchmark is not used for the average calculation

Game Benchmarks

The following benchmarks stem from our benchmarks of review laptops. The performance depends on the used graphics memory, clock rate, processor, system settings, drivers, and operating systems. So the results don't have to be representative for all laptops with this GPU. For detailed information on the benchmark results, click on the fps number.

StarCraft 2

StarCraft 2

2010
low 1024x768
GeForce 315M:
73  fps
med. 1360x768
GeForce 315M:
28.4  fps
Risen

Risen

2009
low 800x600
GeForce 315M:
33.6  fps
med. 1024x768
GeForce 315M:
15.6  fps
Far Cry 2

Far Cry 2

2008
low 640x480
GeForce 315M:
58.4  fps
high 1024x768
GeForce 315M:
20.3  fps
NVIDIA GeForce 305MNVIDIA GeForce 315M
lowmed.highultraQHD4Klowmed.highultraQHD4K
StarCraft 27328.4
Risen33.615.6
Far Cry 258.420.33
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