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NVIDIA NVS 315: specs and benchmarks
Price now
184$
Games supported
50%
- Interface PCIe 2.0 x16
- Core clock speed 523 MHz
- Max video memory 1024 MB
- Memory type DDR3
- Memory clock speed 1750 MHz
- Maximum resolution
Year of release
2013
Performance
0.87
Summary
NVIDIA started NVS 315 sales 10 March 2013 at a recommended price of $159. This is a Fermi 2.0 architecture desktop card based on 40 nm manufacturing process and primarily aimed at designers. 1 GB of DDR3 memory clocked at 1.75 GHz are supplied, and together with 64 Bit memory interface this creates a bandwidth of 14 GB/s.
Compatibility-wise, this is single-slot card attached via PCIe 2.0 x16 interface. Its manufacturer default version has a length of 145 mm. No additional power connector is required, and power consumption is at 19 Watt.
It provides poor gaming and benchmark performance at
0.87%
of a leader's which is NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090.
General info
Some basic facts about NVS 315: architecture, market segment, release date etc.
| Place in performance rating | 1029 | |
| Value for money | 0.01 | |
| Architecture | Fermi 2.0 (2010−2014) | |
| GPU code name | GF119 | |
| Market segment | Workstation | |
| Release date | 10 March 2013 (10 years old) | |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $159 | |
| Current price | $184 (1.2x MSRP) | of 49999 (A100 SXM4) |
Value for money
Technical specs
NVS 315's general performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU base clock, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of NVS 315's performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider its benchmark and gaming test results.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 48 | of 20480 (Data Center GPU Max NEXT) |
| Core clock speed | 523 MHz | of 2610 (Radeon RX 6500 XT) |
| Number of transistors | 292 million | of 14400 (GeForce GTX 1080 SLI Mobile) |
| Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm | of 4 (GeForce RTX 4080 Ti) |
| Thermal design power (TDP) | 19 Watt | of 2400 (Data Center GPU Max Subsystem) |
| Texture fill rate | 4.184 | of 969.9 (H100 SXM5 96 GB) |
| Floating-point performance | 100.4 gflops | of 16384 (Radeon Pro Duo) |
Dimensions and compatibility
Information on NVS 315's 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).
| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | |
| Length | 145 mm | |
| Width | 1-slot | |
| Supplementary power connectors | None |
Memory
Parameters of memory installed on NVS 315: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Note that GPUs integrated into processors have no dedicated memory and use a shared part of system RAM instead.
| Memory type | DDR3 | |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | of 128 (Radeon Instinct MI250X) |
| Memory bus width | 64 Bit | of 8192 (Radeon Instinct MI250X) |
| Memory clock speed | 1750 MHz | of 22400 (GeForce RTX 4080) |
| Memory bandwidth | 14 GB/s | of 14400 (Radeon R7 M260) |
Video outputs and ports
Types and number of video connectors present on NVS 315. As a rule, this section is relevant only for desktop reference graphics cards, since for notebook ones the availability of certain video outputs depends on the laptop model, while non-reference desktop models can (though not necessarily will) bear a different set of video ports.
| Display Connectors | 1x DMS-59 |
API support
APIs supported by NVS 315, sometimes including their particular versions.
| DirectX | 12 (11_0) | |
| Shader Model | 5.1 | |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | |
| OpenCL | 1.1 | |
| Vulkan | N/A | |
| CUDA | 2.1 |
Benchmark performance
Synthetic benchmark performance of NVS 315. Overall performance is measured in points in 0-100 range.
Overall score
This is our combined benchmark performance rating. 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.
- Passmark
- GeekBench 5 OpenCL
Passmark
This is probably the most ubiquitous benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various 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: 24%
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.
Benchmark coverage: 8%
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Mining hashrates
Cryptocurrency mining performance of NVS 315. Usually measured in megahashes per second.
| Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) | 12 Mh/s |
Gaming performance
Let's see how good NVS 315 is for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in frames per second. Comparisons with game system requirements are included, but remember that sometimes official requirements may reflect reality inaccurately.
Relative perfomance
Overall NVS 315 performance compared to nearest competitors among server video cards.
AMD equivalent
The nearest NVS 315's AMD equivalent is FirePro V3900, which is faster by 90% and higher by 190 positions in our performance rating.
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