NVIDIA NVS 310
The NVIDIA NVS 310 is a workstation graphics card released on June 26, 2012, built on the Fermi architecture. It has 48 shading units, 512 MB of DDR3 memory, a boost clock of 523 MHz and a 20 W board power rating. It scores 296 in the PassMark G3D benchmark. It supports DirectX 11 and OpenGL 4.1.
Depth: 32 recorded fields, 4 PassMark workloads
Specification data last verified October 1, 2026 against PassMark Videocard Benchmark and Wikipedia GPU list tables (wikigrid-2026-09). Coverage: 7 of 10 tracked specifications recorded.
Performance
The NVIDIA NVS 310 scores 296 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 28.8% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked (PassMark rank #2,088), measured across 421 submitted results. Its PassMark G2D score is 181.
PassMark workload tests
In the PassMark workload tests the NVIDIA NVS 310 averages DirectX 9 8 fps, DirectX 10 2 fps, DirectX 11 2 fps and GPU Compute 119 ops/s, across 421 submitted results. Frames per second are PassMark test-scene rates, not game frame rates.
As stated by PassMark
PassMark's own listing for the NVIDIA NVS 310 states the PCI-Express x16 interface, up to 512 MB of memory, DirectX 11 and OpenGL 4.5, first benchmarked on 2012-10-18. These are PassMark's figures, shown separately from the specification tables above.
Not to be confused with
This page covers the NVIDIA NVS 310 specifically. It is a different product from NVIDIA NVS 3100M, which have their own specifications. Check the exact model name before comparing figures.
Graphics processor
The NVIDIA NVS 310 is based on the Fermi architecture and uses the GF119 graphics processor.
Shader configuration
The NVIDIA NVS 310 has 48 shading units, 8 texture mapping units and 4 render output units.
The NVIDIA NVS 310 does not use XMX engines; those are specific to Intel Arc graphics. Infinity Cache is an AMD architectural feature and does not apply to the NVIDIA NVS 310. Feex has no recorded ray tracing core count for the NVIDIA NVS 310.
Clock speeds
The NVIDIA NVS 310 runs at a base clock of 523 MHz.
Memory
The NVIDIA NVS 310 is equipped with 512 MB of DDR3 memory.
Board and power
The NVIDIA NVS 310 has a board power rating of 19.5 W and it connects over PCI-Express x16.
Market
The NVIDIA NVS 310 was released on June 26, 2012.
Benchmarks
Graphics and compute APIs
The NVIDIA NVS 310 supports DirectX 11 and OpenGL 4.1.
Feex has no recorded CUDA compute capability for the NVIDIA NVS 310. Feex has no recorded Vulkan version for the NVIDIA NVS 310. Feex has no recorded OpenCL version for the NVIDIA NVS 310.
Frequently asked questions
How much VRAM does the NVIDIA NVS 310 have?
The NVIDIA NVS 310 has 512 MB of DDR3 memory.
How much power does the NVIDIA NVS 310 use and what power supply does it need?
The NVIDIA NVS 310 has a board power rating of 19.5 W.
How fast is the NVIDIA NVS 310?
The NVIDIA NVS 310 scores 296 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 28.8% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked. Its PassMark rank is #2,088.
What bus interface does the NVIDIA NVS 310 use?
The NVIDIA NVS 310 connects over PCI-Express x16.
When was the NVIDIA NVS 310 released?
The NVIDIA NVS 310 was released on June 26, 2012.
Corrections to this record
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- Architecture: Fermi (was Not recorded). Rule: Architecture from chip codename. chip GF119 -> Fermi. Sources: Wikipedia: List of Nvidia graphics processing units (revision 1377107724).
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