Radeon HD 7340 vs GeForce 315M
Aggregate performance score
We've compared GeForce 315M with Radeon HD 7340, including specs and performance data.
HD 7340 outperforms 315M by a substantial 35% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 1380 | 1306 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 1.45 | 1.52 |
| Architecture | Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013) | TeraScale 2 (2009−2015) |
| GPU code name | GT218 | Loveland |
| Market segment | Laptop | Desktop |
| Release date | 5 January 2011 (14 years ago) | 6 June 2012 (13 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | no data | $552.69 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
The higher the performance-to-price ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices for comparison.
Performance to price scatter graph
Detailed specifications
General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 16 | 80 |
| Core clock speed | 606 MHz | 523 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 680 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 260 million | 450 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm | 40 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 14 Watt | 18 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 4.848 | 4.184 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.03878 TFLOPS | 0.08368 TFLOPS |
| Gigaflops | 73 | no data |
| ROPs | 4 | 4 |
| TMUs | 8 | 8 |
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 | IGP |
| Width | no data | IGP |
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 | System Shared |
| Maximum RAM amount | Up to 512 MB | System Shared |
| Memory bus width | 64 Bit | System Shared |
| Memory clock speed | Up to 800 (DDR3), Up to 800 (GDDR3) MHz | System Shared |
| Memory bandwidth | 12.8 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 outputs |
| 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 compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 11.1 (10_1) | 11.2 (11_0) |
| Shader Model | 4.1 | 5.0 |
| OpenGL | 4.1 | 4.4 |
| OpenCL | 1.1 | 1.2 |
| Vulkan | N/A | N/A |
| CUDA | + | - |
Synthetic benchmark performance
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.
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.
3DMark Vantage Performance
3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.
Gaming performance
Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.
FPS performance in popular games
Full HD
Low Preset
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 0−1 | 1−2 |
Full HD
Medium Preset
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 0−1 | 1−2 |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 3−4
+0%
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3−4
+0%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 7−8
+0%
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7−8
+0%
|
| Valorant | 24−27
−4%
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24−27
+4%
|
Full HD
High Preset
| Counter-Strike: Global Offensive | 12−14
−7.7%
|
14−16
+7.7%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 0−1 | 1−2 |
| Dota 2 | 9−10
−11.1%
|
10−11
+11.1%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 3−4
+0%
|
3−4
+0%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 7−8
+0%
|
7−8
+0%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 5−6
+0%
|
5−6
+0%
|
| Valorant | 24−27
−4%
|
24−27
+4%
|
Full HD
Ultra Preset
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 0−1 | 1−2 |
| Dota 2 | 9−10
−11.1%
|
10−11
+11.1%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 3−4
+0%
|
3−4
+0%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 7−8
+0%
|
7−8
+0%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 5−6
+0%
|
5−6
+0%
|
| Valorant | 24−27
−4%
|
24−27
+4%
|
1440p
High Preset
| Counter-Strike 2 | 0−1 | 0−1 |
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 3−4
−33.3%
|
4−5
+33.3%
|
1440p
Ultra Preset
| Forza Horizon 4 | 1−2
+0%
|
1−2
+0%
|
1440p
Epic Preset
| Fortnite | 0−1 | 0−1 |
4K
High Preset
| Grand Theft Auto V | 14−16
+0%
|
14−16
+0%
|
| Valorant | 2−3
+0%
|
2−3
+0%
|
4K
Ultra Preset
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 1−2
−100%
|
2−3
+100%
|
4K
Epic Preset
| Fortnite | 2−3
+0%
|
2−3
+0%
|
Full HD
High Preset
| Metro Exodus | 0−1 | 0−1 |
1440p
High Preset
| Counter-Strike: Global Offensive | 0−1 | 0−1 |
Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:
- in PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS, with 4K resolution and the Ultra Preset, the HD 7340 is 100% faster.
All in all, in popular games:
- HD 7340 is ahead in 8 tests (40%)
- there's a draw in 12 tests (60%)
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 0.26 | 0.35 |
| Recency | 5 January 2011 | 6 June 2012 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 14 Watt | 18 Watt |
GeForce 315M has 28.6% lower power consumption.
HD 7340, on the other hand, has a 34.6% higher aggregate performance score, and an age advantage of 1 year.
The Radeon HD 7340 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce 315M in performance tests.
Be aware that GeForce 315M is a notebook graphics card while Radeon HD 7340 is a desktop one.
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