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NVIDIA NVS 315

Graphics Processor
GF119S
Cores
48
TMUs
8
ROPs
4
Memory Size
1024 MB
Memory Type
DDR3
Bus Width
64 bit
GPU Chip
GPU
The NVS 315 was a mid-range professional graphics card by NVIDIA, launched on March 10th, 2013. Built on the 40 nm process, and based on the GF119S graphics processor, in its GF119-825-A1 variant, the card supports DirectX 12. The GF119S graphics processor is a relatively small chip with a die area of only 79 mm² and 292 million transistors. It features 48 shading units, 8 texture mapping units, and 4 ROPs. NVIDIA has paired 1,024 MB DDR3 memory with the NVS 315, which are connected using a 64-bit memory interface. The GPU is operating at a frequency of 523 MHz, memory is running at 875 MHz.
Being a single-slot card, the NVIDIA NVS 315 does not require any additional power connector, its power draw is rated at 19 W maximum. Display outputs include: 1x DMS-59. NVS 315 is connected to the rest of the system using a PCI-Express 2.0 x16 interface. The card measures 145 mm in length, and features a single-slot cooling solution. Its price at launch was 159 US Dollars.

Graphics Processor

GPU Name
GF119S
GPU Variant
GF119-825-A1
Architecture
Fermi 2.0
Foundry
TSMC
Process Size
40 nm
Transistors
292 million
Density
3.7M / mm²
Die Size
79 mm²
Chip Package
BGA-533

Graphics Card

Release Date
Mar 10th, 2013
Generation
NVS
Production
End-of-life
Launch Price
159 USD
Bus Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
Reviews
26 in our database

Relative Performance

GeForce RTX 5090
28096%
GeForce RTX 4090
21430%
GeForce RTX 5080
18515%
GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER
16531%
GeForce RTX 4080
16391%
Radeon RX 7900 XTX
16381%
GeForce RTX 5070 Ti
16145%
Radeon RX 9070 XT
15427%
Radeon RX 7900 XT
14105%
GeForce RTX 3090 Ti
13848%
GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER
13834%
Radeon RX 9070
13821%
GeForce RTX 4070 Ti
12663%
GeForce RTX 5070
12536%
GeForce RTX 3090
12352%
GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
12189%
GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER
11799%
Radeon RX 7900 GRE
11617%
Radeon RX 6950 XT
11427%
GeForce RTX 4070
11270%
Radeon RX 6900 XT
11157%
GeForce RTX 3080
10979%
Radeon RX 7800 XT
10948%
Radeon RX 6800 XT
10560%
GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16 GB
9803%
GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 8 GB
9743%
Radeon RX 7700 XT
9599%
Radeon RX 9060 XT 16 GB
9305%
GeForce RTX 3070 Ti
9289%
Radeon RX 6800
8977%
Radeon RX 9060 XT 8 GB
8783%
GeForce RTX 3070
8689%
GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
8616%
GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8 GB
8578%
GeForce RTX 5060
8444%
Radeon RX 6750 XT
8239%
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
7607%
Radeon RX 6700 XT
7471%
GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER
6942%
Radeon RX 7600 XT
6881%
GeForce RTX 4060
6861%
Arc B580
6849%
GeForce RTX 5050
6674%
GeForce RTX 2080
6621%
Radeon RX 6650 XT
6475%
Radeon RX 7600
6467%
GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER
6155%
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
6090%
Arc A770
6083%
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
5864%
Radeon RX 6600 XT
5779%
Radeon VII
5763%
Arc A750
5648%
Radeon RX 5700 XT
5520%
GeForce RTX 2070
5440%
Radeon RX 6600
5195%
Arc A580
5047%
GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER
5041%
Radeon RX Vega 64
4825%
GeForce RTX 2060
4670%
Radeon RX 5700
4648%
GeForce GTX 1080
4560%
GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
4474%
Radeon RX 5600 XT
4433%
Radeon RX Vega 56
4212%
GeForce GTX 1070
4060%
GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
3845%
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
3840%
GeForce GTX 980 Ti
3638%
GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
3619%
Radeon R9 FURY X
3578%
GeForce GTX 1660
3536%
Radeon RX 590
3340%
Radeon R9 FURY
3256%
GeForce GTX 980
3215%
GeForce GTX 1650 SUPER
3184%
Radeon RX 6500 XT
3143%
Radeon RX 5500 XT
3116%
Radeon RX 580
3093%
GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
3014%
Radeon R9 390X
2971%
GeForce GTX 690
2935%
Radeon RX 480
2910%
Radeon HD 7990
2896%
GeForce GTX 780 Ti
2843%
GeForce GTX 970
2769%
Radeon R9 290X
2762%
Radeon R9 390
2717%
Radeon RX 570
2685%
Radeon R9 290
2547%
Radeon RX 470
2513%
GeForce GTX 1650
2365%
Radeon RX 6400
2318%
Arc A380
2287%
GeForce GTX 780
2283%
Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
2061%
GeForce GTX 590
2060%
Radeon R9 280X
2031%
Radeon HD 6990
1983%
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
1889%
GeForce GTX 680
1846%
Radeon R9 380
1827%
Radeon HD 7970
1827%
GeForce GTX 770
1822%
Radeon R9 285
1809%
GeForce GTX 960
1754%
GeForce GTX 670
1709%
Radeon HD 5970
1544%
GeForce GTX 1630
1543%
Radeon HD 7950
1515%
GeForce GTX 1050
1512%
GeForce GTX 760
1501%
GeForce GTX 580
1499%
GeForce GTX 660 Ti
1493%
Radeon R9 270X
1474%
Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition
1439%
GeForce GTX 950
1427%
Radeon RX 560
1344%
GeForce GTX 570
1322%
GeForce GTX 660
1318%
Radeon RX 460
1313%
Radeon R7 370
1313%
Radeon HD 6970
1268%
GeForce GTX 480
1212%
Radeon HD 7850
1191%
GeForce GTX 295
1168%
Radeon HD 6950
1128%
GeForce GTX 750 Ti
1123%
Radeon HD 4870 X2
1103%
GeForce GTX 560 Ti
1097%
Radeon HD 5870
1064%
Radeon HD 6870
997%
GeForce GTX 470
962%
GeForce GTX 650 Ti
921%
Radeon HD 5850
904%
GeForce GTX 285
843%
Radeon HD 6850
827%
GeForce GTX 280
774%
Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition
772%
GeForce GTX 275
770%
GeForce GT 1030
764%
GeForce GTX 460
750%
Radeon HD 4890
723%
Radeon HD 6790
711%
Radeon HD 5830
676%
GeForce GTX 650
639%
GeForce GTX 550 Ti
634%
Radeon HD 4870
626%
GeForce GTX 260
618%
Radeon HD 5770
608%
Radeon HD 7750
603%
Radeon HD 5750
528%
GeForce GTS 450
510%
GeForce GTS 250
495%
Radeon HD 4850
484%
Radeon HD 4770
459%
Radeon HD 4830
430%
Radeon HD 6670
417%
GeForce 9800 GT
401%
GeForce GT 640
388%
Radeon HD 5670
362%
GeForce 9600 GT
340%
GeForce GT 240
297%
GeForce GT 440
290%
Radeon HD 4670
276%
Radeon HD 5570
254%
GeForce GT 430
250%
GeForce GT 220
191%
GeForce GT 520
155%
Radeon HD 6450
147%
Radeon HD 5450
125%
NVS 315
100%
Radeon HD 4550
97%
GeForce 9400 GT
79%
GeForce 210
62%
Based on TPU review data: "Performance Summary" at 1920x1080, 4K for RTX 3080 and faster.
Performance estimated based on architecture, shader count and clocks.

Clock Speeds

GPU Clock
523 MHz
Shader Clock
1046 MHz
Memory Clock
875 MHz
1750 Mbps effective

Memory

Memory Size
1024 MB
Memory Type
DDR3
Memory Bus
64 bit
Bandwidth
14.00 GB/s

Render Config

Shading Units
48
TMUs
8
ROPs
4
SM Count
1
L1 Cache
64 KB (per SM)
L2 Cache
128 KB

Theoretical Performance

Pixel Rate
1.046 GPixel/s
Texture Rate
4.184 GTexel/s
FP32 (float)
100.4 GFLOPS
FP64 (double)
8.368 GFLOPS (1:12)

Board Design

Slot Width
Single-slot
Length
145 mm
5.7 inches
TDP
19 W
Suggested PSU
200 W
Outputs
1x DMS-59
Power Connectors
None

Graphics Features

DirectX
12 (11_0)
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
1.1
Vulkan
N/A
CUDA
2.1
Shader Model
5.1

GF119S GPU Notes

PureVideo HD: VP5
VDPAU: Feature Set D

Latest Drivers:
Windows XP / Server 2003 x64:
GeForce Release 368.81
Quadro Release R319 U2 (321.01)

Windows Vista:
GeForce Release 365.19
Quadro Release R346 U7 (348.40) / R352 BETA (352.86)

Windows 7 / 8 / 8.1 / 10:
GeForce Release 391.35
Quadro Release R390 U9 (392.37)
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