GMA 3100 vs GeForce G 105M

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1416not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency0.78no data
ArchitectureG9x (2007−2010)Generation 4.0 (2006−2007)
GPU code nameN10M-GE1Bearlake
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date8 January 2009 (15 years ago)9 May 2007 (17 years ago)

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores8no data
Core clock speed640 MHz400 MHz
Manufacturing process technology65 nm90 nm
Power consumption (TDP)14 Watt13 Watt
Texture fill rateno data1.600
ROPsno data4
TMUsno data4

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).

Interfaceno dataPCIe 1.0 x16

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 typeGDDR2, GDDR3System Shared
Maximum RAM amount512 MBSystem Shared
Memory bus width64 BitSystem Shared
Memory clock speed700 MHzSystem Shared
Shared memory-+

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 Connectorsno dataNo outputs

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX109.0c
Shader Modelno data3.0
OpenGLno data2.0
OpenCLno dataN/A
Vulkan-N/A

Pros & cons summary


Recency 8 January 2009 9 May 2007
Chip lithography 65 nm 90 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 14 Watt 13 Watt

G 105M has an age advantage of 1 year, and a 38.5% more advanced lithography process.

GMA 3100, on the other hand, has 7.7% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce G 105M and GMA 3100. We've got no test results to judge.


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