NVS 315 vs Radeon R7 350

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Aggregate performance score

R7 350
2016
2 GB GDDR5, 55 Watt
5.57
+519%

Radeon R7 350 outperforms NVS 315 by a whopping 519% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking5701088
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.880.02
ArchitectureGCN 1.0 (2012−2020)Fermi 2.0 (2010−2014)
GPU code nameCape VerdeGF119
Market segmentDesktopWorkstation
Release date6 July 2016 (7 years ago)10 March 2013 (11 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$159
Current price$142 $213 (1.3x MSRP)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

R7 350 has 4300% better value for money than NVS 315.

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 cores51248
Core clock speed800 MHz523 MHz
Number of transistors1,500 million292 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)55 Watt19 Watt
Texture fill rate25.604.184
Floating-point performance819.2 gflops100.4 gflops

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 3.0 x16PCIe 2.0 x16
Length168 mm145 mm
Width1-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNoneNone

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 typeGDDR5DDR3
Maximum RAM amount2 GB1 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed4500 MHz1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth72 GB/s14 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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort1x DMS-59
HDMI+no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_1)12 (11_0)
Shader Model5.15.1
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.21.1
Vulkan1.2.131N/A
CUDAno data2.1

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 5.57 0.90
Recency 6 July 2016 10 March 2013
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 1 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 40 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 55 Watt 19 Watt

The Radeon R7 350 is our recommended choice as it beats the NVS 315 in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon R7 350 is a desktop card while NVS 315 is a workstation one.


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