FirePro S7150 vs NVS 310

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared NVS 310 and FirePro S7150, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

NVS 310
2012
512 MB DDR3, 20 Watt
0.65

S7150 outperforms NVS 310 by a whopping 1405% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1190459
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.030.59
Power efficiency2.234.47
ArchitectureFermi 2.0 (2010−2014)GCN 3.0 (2014−2019)
GPU code nameGF119Tonga
Market segmentWorkstationWorkstation
Release date26 June 2012 (12 years ago)1 February 2016 (8 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$159 $2,399

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

FirePro S7150 has 1867% better value for money than NVS 310.

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 cores482048
Core clock speed523 MHz920 MHz
Number of transistors292 million5,000 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)20 Watt150 Watt
Texture fill rate4.184117.8
Floating-point processing power0.1004 TFLOPS3.768 TFLOPS
ROPs432
TMUs8128

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).

InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Length156 mm241 mm
Width1-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNone1x 6-pin

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 typeDDR3GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount512 MB8 GB
Memory bus width64 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed875 MHz1250 MHz
Memory bandwidth14 GB/s160.0 GB/s

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 Connectors2x DisplayPortNo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)12 (12_0)
Shader Model5.16.3
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.12.0
VulkanN/A1.2.131
CUDA2.1-

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. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

NVS 310 0.65
FirePro S7150 9.78
+1405%

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.

NVS 310 251
FirePro S7150 3770
+1402%

GeekBench 5 OpenCL

Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses OpenCL API by Khronos Group.

NVS 310 881
FirePro S7150 27103
+2976%

Gaming performance

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

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.65 9.78
Recency 26 June 2012 1 February 2016
Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 8 GB
Chip lithography 40 nm 28 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 20 Watt 150 Watt

NVS 310 has 650% lower power consumption.

FirePro S7150, on the other hand, has a 1404.6% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 3 years, a 1500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 42.9% more advanced lithography process.

The FirePro S7150 is our recommended choice as it beats the NVS 310 in performance tests.


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