310M vs Go 7800 GTX

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General info

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in performance ranking1176not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureG7x (2005−2007)GT2xx (2009−2012)
GPU code nameG70MN11M-GE1
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date29 September 2005 (18 years old)10 January 2010 (14 years old)
Current price$207 $163
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Technical specs

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA coresno data16
CUDA coresno data16
Core clock speed8 MHz606 / 625 MHz
Boost clock speed440 MHzno data
Number of transistors302 million260 million
Manufacturing process technology110 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt14 Watt
Texture fill rate10.564.848
Floating-point performanceno data48.96 gflops
Gigaflopsno data73

Size and compatibility

Information on GeForce Go 7800 GTX and GeForce 310M compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Laptop sizelargeno data
Bus supportno dataPCI-E 2.0
InterfacePCIe 1.0 x16PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectorsNoneNone

Memory

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 type256GDDR3, DDR3
Maximum RAM amount512 MBUp to 1 GB
Memory bus width550 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed1100 MHzUp to 800 (DDR3), Up to 800 (GDDR3) MHz
Memory bandwidth35.2 GB/s10.67 GB/s
Shared memory--

Video outputs and ports

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 ConnectorsNo outputsDisplayPortHDMIVGADual Link DVISingle Link DVI
Multi monitor supportno data+
HDMIno data+
Maximum VGA resolutionno data2048x1536

Technologies

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

Power managementno data8.0

API support

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

DirectX9.0c (9_3)11.1 (10_1)
Shader Model3.04.1
OpenGL2.13.3
OpenCLN/A1.1
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDAno data+

Synthetic benchmark performance

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


Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. 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.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

Go 7800 GTX 209
+86.6%
GeForce 310M 112

Go 7800 GTX outperforms 310M by 87% in Passmark.

Advantages and disadvantages


Recency 29 September 2005 10 January 2010
Chip lithography 110 nm 40 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 14 Watt

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