GF106 vs Silicon Motion SM502
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 | no data | Fermi (2010−2014) |
| GPU code name | no data | GF106 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Desktop |
| Release date | 1 January 2007 (17 years ago) | no data |
| Current price | no data | $40 |
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 | no data | 192 |
| Number of transistors | no data | 1,170 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | no data | 40 nm |
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.
| Shared memory | + | no data |
Supported technologies
Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.
| PureVideo HD | no data | VP4 |
API compatibility
List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | no data | 12 (11_0) |
| Shader Model | no data | 5.1 |
| OpenGL | no data | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | no data | 1.1 |
| Vulkan | no data | N/A |
| CUDA | no data | 2.1 |
Pros & cons summary
We couldn't decide between Silicon Motion SM502 and GF106. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Silicon Motion SM502 is a notebook card while GF106 is a desktop one.
Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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