GeForce 405 OEM vs GeForce 315 OEM

GeForce 405 OEM
Memory: 512Mb DDR3DESKTOP
Release date: 3 Sep 2010
GeForce 405 OEM
GeForce 315 OEM
Memory: 256Mb DDR2DESKTOP
Release date: 28 Apr 2011
GeForce 315 OEM

Summary

Reasons to consider GeForce 405 OEM

Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Tesla), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications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

Reasons to consider GeForce 315 OEM

Higher theoretical gaming performance, based on specifications.
Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Tesla), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications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

GeForce 315 OEM

HWBench recommends GeForce 315 OEM

Based on theoretical specifications.


Specifications

Core Configuration

GeForce 405 OEMGeForce 315 OEM
GPU NameGT216 ()vsGT215 (GT215-450-A2)
Fab Process40 nmvs40 nm
Die Size100 mm²vs144 mm²
Transistors486 millionvs727 million
Shaders48vs48
Compute Units2vs2
Core clock475 MHzvs506 MHz
ROPs8vs4
TMUs16vs16

Memory Configuration

GeForce 405 OEMGeForce 315 OEM
Memory TypeDDR3vsDDR2
Bus Width64 bitvs64 bit
Memory Speed800 MHz
1600 MHz effective
vs350 MHz
700 MHz effective
Memory Size512 Mbvs256 Mb

Additional details

GeForce 405 OEMGeForce 315 OEM
TDP25 wattsvs33 watts
Release Date3 Sep 2010vs28 Apr 2011

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • GeForce 405 OEM
    3.80 GP/s
  • GeForce 315 OEM
    2.02 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • GeForce 405 OEM
    7.60 GT/s
  • GeForce 315 OEM
    8.10 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • GeForce 405 OEM
    12.80 GB/s
  • GeForce 315 OEM
    5.60 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • GeForce 405 OEM
    105.60 GFLOPs
  • GeForce 315 OEM
    97.15 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better