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NVIDIA GeForce 305M

Graphics Processor
GT218
Cores
16
TMUs
8
ROPs
4
Memory Size
512 MB
Memory Type
GDDR3
Bus Width
64 bit
GPU Chip
GPU
The GeForce 305M was a mobile graphics chip by NVIDIA, launched on January 10th, 2010. Built on the 40 nm process, and based on the GT218 graphics processor, in its N11M-LP1 variant, the chip supports DirectX 11.1. Even though it supports DirectX 11, the feature level is only 10_1, which can be problematic with many DirectX 11 & DirectX 12 titles. The GT218 graphics processor is a relatively small chip with a die area of only 57 mm² and 260 million transistors. It features 16 shading units, 8 texture mapping units, and 4 ROPs. NVIDIA has paired 512 MB GDDR3 memory with the GeForce 305M, which are connected using a 64-bit memory interface. The GPU is operating at a frequency of 525 MHz, memory is running at 700 MHz.
Its power draw is rated at 14 W maximum. This device has no display connectivity, as it is not designed to have monitors connected to it. Rather it is intended for use in laptop/notebooks and will use the output of the host mobile device. GeForce 305M is connected to the rest of the system using a PCI-Express 2.0 x16 interface.

Graphics Processor

GPU Name
GT218
GPU Variant
N11M-LP1
Architecture
Tesla 2.0
Foundry
TSMC
Process Size
40 nm
Transistors
260 million
Density
4.6M / mm²
Die Size
57 mm²
Chip Package
BGA-969

Mobile Graphics

Release Date
Jan 10th, 2010
Generation
GeForce 300M
Predecessor
GeForce 200M
Successor
GeForce 400M
Production
End-of-life
Bus Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
Reviews
2 in our database

Relative Performance

GeForce 305M
100%
GeForce 210
107%
GeForce 9400 GT
137%
Radeon HD 4550
169%
Radeon HD 5450
216%
Radeon HD 6450
254%
GeForce GT 520
268%
GeForce GT 220
331%
GeForce GT 430
433%
Radeon HD 5570
439%
Radeon HD 4670
477%
GeForce GT 440
503%
GeForce GT 240
513%
GeForce 9600 GT
589%
Radeon HD 5670
627%
GeForce GT 640
671%
GeForce 9800 GT
694%
Radeon HD 6670
722%
Radeon HD 4830
745%
Radeon HD 4770
796%
Radeon HD 4850
838%
GeForce GTS 250
858%
GeForce GTS 450
884%
Radeon HD 5750
914%
Radeon HD 7750
1044%
Radeon HD 5770
1052%
GeForce GTX 260
1071%
Radeon HD 4870
1084%
Radeon Vega 8
1086%
GeForce GTX 550 Ti
1098%
GeForce GTX 650
1107%
Radeon HD 5830
1171%
Radeon HD 6790
1232%
Radeon HD 4890
1252%
GeForce GTX 460
1299%
Radeon RX Vega 11
1308%
GeForce GT 1030
1322%
GeForce GTX 275
1333%
Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition
1338%
GeForce GTX 280
1340%
GeForce GTX 465
1366%
Radeon HD 6850
1432%
GeForce GTX 285
1460%
Radeon HD 5850
1566%
GeForce GTX 650 Ti
1595%
Radeon HD 7790
1595%
Radeon RX 550
1663%
GeForce GTX 470
1666%
Radeon HD 6870
1727%
Radeon HD 5870
1842%
GeForce GTX 560 Ti
1900%
Radeon HD 4870 X2
1910%
GeForce GTX 750 Ti
1945%
Radeon HD 6950
1954%
GeForce GTX 295
2023%
GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost
2048%
Radeon HD 7850
2062%
GeForce GTX 480
2098%
Radeon HD 6970
2195%
Radeon R7 265
2238%
Radeon RX 460
2274%
Radeon R7 370
2274%
GeForce GTX 660
2282%
GeForce GTX 570
2289%
Radeon RX 560
2327%
GeForce GTX 950
2471%
Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition
2493%
Radeon R9 270X
2553%
GeForce GTX 660 Ti
2585%
GeForce GTX 580
2597%
GeForce GTX 1050
2618%
Radeon HD 7950
2624%
GeForce GTX 1630
2673%
Radeon HD 5970
2675%
GeForce GTX 760
2750%
GeForce GTX 670
2960%
GeForce GTX 960
3037%
Radeon R9 380
3114%
Radeon R9 285
3133%
Radeon HD 7970
3165%
GeForce GTX 680
3198%
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
3271%
GeForce GTX 770
3357%
Radeon HD 6990
3435%
Radeon R9 280X
3517%
GeForce GTX 590
3567%
Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
3570%
GeForce GTX 780
3954%
Arc A380
3960%
Radeon RX 6400
4013%
GeForce GTX 1650
4095%
Radeon RX 470
4351%
Radeon R9 290
4412%
Radeon RX 570
4649%
Radeon R9 390
4706%
Radeon R9 290X
4732%
GeForce GTX 970
4795%
GeForce GTX TITAN
4859%
GeForce GTX 780 Ti
4924%
Radeon R9 390X
4994%
Radeon HD 7990
5016%
Radeon RX 480
5040%
GeForce GTX 690
5082%
GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
5220%
Radeon RX 5500 OEM
5291%
Radeon RX 580
5355%
Radeon RX 5500 XT
5397%
Radeon RX 6500 XT
5443%
GeForce GTX 980
5467%
GeForce GTX 1650 SUPER
5514%
Radeon R9 FURY
5537%
Radeon RX 590
5784%
Radeon R9 295X2
6091%
GeForce GTX 1660
6124%
Radeon R9 FURY X
6196%
GeForce GTX 980 Ti
6300%
GeForce GTX TITAN X
6464%
GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
6659%
GeForce GTX 1070
7031%
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
7031%
GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
7145%
Radeon RX Vega 56
7485%
GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
7938%
Radeon RX 5600 XT
8057%
Radeon RX Vega 64
8165%
GeForce GTX 1080
8278%
GeForce RTX 2060
8278%
Radeon RX 5700
8619%
Arc A580
8637%
Radeon RX 6600
8997%
GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER
9299%
GeForce RTX 2070
9421%
Radeon RX 5700 XT
9428%
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
9613%
Arc A750
9927%
Radeon VII
9980%
TITAN X Pascal
10238%
Radeon RX 6600 XT
10343%
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
10547%
Arc A770
10652%
GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER
10660%
Radeon RX 6650 XT
11213%
Radeon RX 7600
11338%
GeForce RTX 4060
11391%
GeForce RTX 2080
11466%
Radeon RX 7600 XT
11699%
GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER
12022%
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
12315%
Radeon RX 6700 XT
12748%
Radeon RX 6750 XT
13531%
GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8 GB
13679%
GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
13781%
GeForce RTX 3070
14422%
GeForce RTX 3070 Ti
15431%
Radeon RX 7700 XT
15594%
Radeon RX 6800
15897%
GeForce RTX 4070
17615%
Radeon RX 6800 XT
18056%
GeForce RTX 3080
18743%
Radeon RX 7800 XT
18930%
Radeon RX 6900 XT
19456%
GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER
20433%
Radeon RX 7900 GRE
20823%
GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
20995%
Radeon RX 6950 XT
21021%
GeForce RTX 3090
21391%
GeForce RTX 4070 Ti
21929%
GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER
23957%
Radeon RX 7900 XT
24603%
GeForce RTX 3090 Ti
24815%
GeForce RTX 4080
27857%
GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER
28275%
Radeon RX 7900 XTX
28544%
GeForce RTX 4090
34997%
Based on TPU review data: "Performance Summary" at 1920x1080, 4K for 2080 Ti and faster.
Performance estimated based on architecture, shader count and clocks.

Clock Speeds

GPU Clock
525 MHz
Shader Clock
1150 MHz
Memory Clock
700 MHz
1400 Mbps effective

Memory

Memory Size
512 MB
Memory Type
GDDR3
Memory Bus
64 bit
Bandwidth
11.20 GB/s

Render Config

Shading Units
16
TMUs
8
ROPs
4
SM Count
2
L2 Cache
32 KB

Theoretical Performance

Pixel Rate
2.100 GPixel/s
Texture Rate
4.200 GTexel/s
FP32 (float)
36.80 GFLOPS

Board Design

Slot Width
IGP
TDP
14 W
Outputs
Portable Device Dependent
Power Connectors
None

Graphics Features

DirectX
11.1 (10_1)
OpenGL
3.3
OpenCL
1.1
Vulkan
N/A
CUDA
1.2
Shader Model
4.1

GT218 GPU Notes

PureVideo HD: VP4
VDPAU: Feature Set C

Latest Drivers:
Windows 2000:
Quadro Release 261.19

Windows XP / Server 2003 x64:
GeForce Release 185.81 (Notebooks)
GeForce Release 340.52
Quadro Release R319 U2 (321.01)
Tesla Release 258.96

Windows Vista:
GeForce Release 307.83 (Notebooks)
GeForce Release 342.01
Quadro Release R340 U15 (342.01)
Tesla Release 258.96

Windows 7 / 8 / 8.1 / 10:
GeForce Release 342.01
Quadro Release R340 U15 (342.01)
Tesla Release 258.96
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