Arc A370M vs GeForce 315M

Place in the ranking	1413	451
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	1.60	27.14
Architecture	Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013)	Xe-HPG (2022−2024)
GPU code name	GT218	DG2-128
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	5 January 2011 (15 years ago)	30 March 2022 (4 years ago)

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Real power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially if overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	16	1024
Core clock speed	606 MHz	1550 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	2050 MHz
Number of transistors	260 million	7,200 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	14 Watt	35 Watt
Texture fill rate	4.848	131.2
Floating-point processing power	0.03878 TFLOPS	no data
Gigaflops	73	no data
ROPs	4	32
TMUs	8	64
Ray Tracing Cores	no data	8
L1 Cache	no data	1.5 MB
L2 Cache	32 KB	4 MB

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).

Bus support	PCI-E 2.0	no data
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x8

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	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	Up to 512 MB	4 GB
Memory bus width	64 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	Up to 800 (DDR3), Up to 800 (GDDR3) MHz	1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth	12.8 GB/s	112.0 GB/s
Shared memory	-	-
Resizable BAR	-	+

Connectivity and outputs

This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.

Display Connectors	DisplayPortHDMIVGADual Link DVISingle Link DVI	Portable Device Dependent
Multi monitor support	+	no data
HDMI	+	-
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536	no data

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

Power management

8.0

no data

API and SDK support

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

DirectX	11.1 (10_1)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	4.1	6.6
OpenGL	4.1	4.6
OpenCL	1.1	3.0
Vulkan	N/A	1.4
CUDA	+	-

Synthetic benchmarks

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score.

GeForce 315M 0.29

Arc A370M 12.28
+4134%

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

GeForce 315M 120
Samples: 354

Arc A370M 5115
+4163%

Samples: 2

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD	0−1	39
1440p	-0−1	20
4K	0−1	34

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low

Cyberpunk 2077	0−1	46
Palworld	3−4 −867%	27−30 +867%

Full HD
Medium

Cyberpunk 2077	0−1	37
Forza Horizon 4	3−4 −1667%	50−55 +1667%
Palworld	3−4 −867%	27−30 +867%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	7−8 −543%	45−50 +543%
Valorant	24−27 −336%	100−110 +336%

Full HD
High

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive	12−14 −1246%	170−180 +1246%
Cyberpunk 2077	0−1	25
Dota 2	9−10 −656%	68 +656%
Forza Horizon 4	3−4 −1667%	50−55 +1667%
Palworld	3−4 −867%	27−30 +867%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	7−8 −543%	45−50 +543%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	5−6 −960%	53 +960%
Valorant	24−27 −336%	100−110 +336%

Full HD
Ultra

Cyberpunk 2077	0−1	21
Dota 2	9−10 −633%	66 +633%
Forza Horizon 4	3−4 −1667%	50−55 +1667%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	7−8 −543%	45−50 +543%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	5−6 −420%	26 +420%
Valorant	24−27 −336%	100−110 +336%

Full HD
Epic

Palworld

3−4

−867%

27−30
+867%

1440p
High

Counter-Strike 2	2−3 −1100%	24−27 +1100%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive	0−1	90−95
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	3−4 −2500%	75−80 +2500%

1440p
Ultra

Forza Horizon 4	1−2 −2900%	30−33 +2900%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	1−2 −1600%	16−18 +1600%

1440p
Epic

Palworld

0−1

16−18

4K
High

Grand Theft Auto V	14−16 −60%	24−27 +60%
Valorant	5−6 −1060%	55−60 +1060%

4K
Ultra

PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS

1−2

−1100%

12−14
+1100%

4K
Epic

Fortnite

2−3

−500%

12−14
+500%

Full HD
Low

Counter-Strike 2	65−70 +0%	65−70 +0%
Resident Evil 4 Remake	46 +0%	46 +0%

Full HD
Medium

Battlefield 5	50−55 +0%	50−55 +0%
Counter-Strike 2	65−70 +0%	65−70 +0%
Far Cry 5	49 +0%	49 +0%
Fortnite	70−75 +0%	70−75 +0%

Full HD
High

Battlefield 5	50−55 +0%	50−55 +0%
Counter-Strike 2	65−70 +0%	65−70 +0%
Far Cry 5	46 +0%	46 +0%
Fortnite	70−75 +0%	70−75 +0%
Grand Theft Auto V	28 +0%	28 +0%
Metro Exodus	34 +0%	34 +0%

Full HD
Ultra

Battlefield 5	50−55 +0%	50−55 +0%
Far Cry 5	43 +0%	43 +0%

Full HD
Epic

Fortnite

70−75

+0%

70−75

+0%

1440p
High

Grand Theft Auto V	11 +0%	11 +0%
Metro Exodus	20 +0%	20 +0%
Valorant	120−130 +0%	120−130 +0%

1440p
Ultra

Battlefield 5	30−35 +0%	30−35 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	10−12 +0%	10−12 +0%
Far Cry 5	29 +0%	29 +0%

1440p
Epic

Fortnite

27−30

+0%

27−30

+0%

4K
High

Counter-Strike 2	8−9 +0%	8−9 +0%
Metro Exodus	8−9 +0%	8−9 +0%
Palworld	9−10 +0%	9−10 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	16−18 +0%	16−18 +0%

4K
Ultra

Battlefield 5	16−18 +0%	16−18 +0%
Counter-Strike 2	8−9 +0%	8−9 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 +0%	4−5 +0%
Dota 2	40 +0%	40 +0%
Far Cry 5	12−14 +0%	12−14 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	21−24 +0%	21−24 +0%

4K
Epic

Palworld

9−10

+0%

9−10

+0%

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

in Forza Horizon 4, with 1440p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the Arc A370M is 2900% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

Arc A370M performs better in 26 tests (44%)
there's a draw in 33 tests (56%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.29	12.28
Recency	5 January 2011	30 March 2022
Chip lithography	40 nm	6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	14 Watt	35 Watt

GeForce 315M has 150% lower power consumption.

Arc A370M, on the other hand, has a 4134% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 11 years, and a 567% more advanced lithography process.

The Arc A370M is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce 315M in performance tests.