GeForce GTX 470 vs GeForce 315 OEM
Summary
Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 470 |
| Higher theoretical gaming performance, based on specifications. |
| Supports PhysX |
| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Fermi), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
Reasons to consider GeForce 315 OEM |
| 182 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the GeForce GTX 470 . |
| This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support. |
| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Tesla), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
| PhysX support, however PhysX performance on newest games may be poor |
HWBench recommends GeForce GTX 470
Based on theoretical specifications.
Core Configuration
| GeForce GTX 470 | | GeForce 315 OEM | |
|---|
| GPU Name | GF100 (GF100-275-A3) | vs | GT215 (GT215-450-A2) |
| Fab Process | 40 nm | vs | 40 nm |
| Die Size | 529 mm² | vs | 144 mm² |
| Transistors | 3,100 million | vs | 727 million |
| Shaders | 448 | vs | 48 |
| Compute Units | 14 | vs | 2 |
| Core clock | 608 MHz | vs | 506 MHz |
| ROPs | 40 | vs | 4 |
| TMUs | 56 | vs | 16 |
Memory Configuration
| GeForce GTX 470 | | GeForce 315 OEM | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | vs | DDR2 |
| Bus Width | 320 bit | vs | 64 bit |
| Memory Speed | 837 MHz
3348 MHz effective | vs | 350 MHz
700 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 1280 Mb | vs | 256 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce GTX 470 | | GeForce 315 OEM | |
|---|
| TDP | 215 watts | vs | 33 watts |
| Release Date | 26 Mar 2010 | vs | 28 Apr 2011 |
GeForce GTX 470
17.00 GP/s
GeForce 315 OEM
2.02 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 470
34.00 GT/s
GeForce 315 OEM
8.10 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 470
134.00 GB/s
GeForce 315 OEM
5.60 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
GeForce GTX 470
1089.00 GFLOPs
GeForce 315 OEM
97.15 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better