HD Graphics (Braswell) vs GeForce 310M

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking	not rated	1157
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Architecture	GT2xx (2009−2012)	Gen. 8 (2015−2016)
GPU code name	N11M-GE1	Braswell
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	10 January 2010 (14 years ago)	1 April 2015 (9 years ago)
Current price	$163	$216

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Detailed specifications

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 cores	16	16
CUDA cores	16	no data
Core clock speed	606 / 625 MHz	320 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	700 MHz
Number of transistors	260 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	14 Watt	no data
Texture fill rate	4.848	no data
Floating-point performance	48.96 gflops	no data
Gigaflops	73	no data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on GeForce 310M and HD Graphics (Braswell) 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.

Bus support	PCI-E 2.0	no data
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	no data
Supplementary power connectors	None	no data

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, DDR3	no data
Maximum RAM amount	Up to 1 GB	no data
Memory bus width	64 Bit	64/128 Bit
Memory clock speed	Up to 800 (DDR3), Up to 800 (GDDR3) MHz	no data
Memory bandwidth	10.67 GB/s	no data
Shared memory	-	+

Connectivity and outputs

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 Connectors	DisplayPortHDMIVGADual Link DVISingle Link DVI	no data
Multi monitor support	+	no data
HDMI	+	no data
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 compatibility

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

DirectX	11.1 (10_1)	11.2
Shader Model	4.1	no data
OpenGL	3.3	no data
OpenCL	1.1	no data
Vulkan	N/A	no data
CUDA	+	no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

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

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Pros & cons summary

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Recency	10 January 2010	1 April 2015
Chip lithography	40 nm	14 nm

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