GMA 3100 vs GeForce GTS 260M

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	GT2xx (2009−2012)	Generation 4.0 (2006−2007)
GPU code name	N10E-GS	Bearlake
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	15 June 2009 (14 years ago)	9 May 2007 (17 years ago)
Current price	$230	$127

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	96	no data
CUDA cores	96	no data
Core clock speed	550 MHz	400 MHz
Number of transistors	727 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	90 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	38 Watt	13 Watt
Texture fill rate	17.60	1.600
Floating-point performance	264 gflops	no data
Gigaflops	396	no data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on GeForce GTS 260M and GMA 3100 compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Laptop size	large	no data
Bus support	PCI-E 2.0	no data
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Width	no data	IGP
SLI options	+	no data
MXM Type	MXM 3.0 Type-B	no data

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 type	GDDR3, GDDR5	System Shared
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	System Shared
Memory bus width	128 Bit	System Shared
Memory clock speed	Up to 2000 MHz	System Shared
Memory bandwidth	57.6 GB/s	no data
Shared memory	-	no data

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 Connectors	HDMIVGADual Link DVIDisplayPortSingle Link DVILVDS	No outputs
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536	no data

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

Power management

8.0

no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	11.1 (10_1)	9.0c
Shader Model	4.1	3.0
OpenGL	2.1	2.0
OpenCL	1.1	N/A
Vulkan	N/A	N/A
CUDA	+	no data

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	15 June 2009	9 May 2007
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	System Shared
Chip lithography	40 nm	90 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	38 Watt	13 Watt

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