Wii GPU vs Radeon R5 310 OEM

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking	not rated	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Architecture	TeraScale 2 (2009−2015)	R500 (2005−2007)
GPU code name	Caicos	Hollywood
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	5 May 2015 (9 years ago)	19 November 2006 (17 years ago)
Current price	no data	$310

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	160	no data
Core clock speed	775 MHz	243 MHz
Number of transistors	370 million	107 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	90 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	45 Watt
Texture fill rate	6.200	0.97
Floating-point performance	248.0 gflops	no data

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).

Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	IGP
Length	168 mm	no data
Width	1-slot	IGP
Supplementary power connectors	None	no data

Memory type	DDR3	GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	64 MB
Memory bus width	64 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz	486 MHz
Memory bandwidth	14.4 GB/s	3.888 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 Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI	No outputs
HDMI	+	no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	N/A
Shader Model	5.0	no data
OpenGL	4.4	N/A
OpenCL	1.2	N/A
Vulkan	N/A	N/A

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	5 May 2015	19 November 2006
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	64 MB
Chip lithography	40 nm	90 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	45 Watt

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