NVS 2100M vs NVS 3100M

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General info

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

Place in performance ranking1180not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureGT2xx (2009−2012)GT2xx (2009−2012)
GPU code nameN10M-NSGT218
Market segmentMobile workstationMobile workstation
Release date7 January 2010 (14 years old)7 January 2010 (14 years old)
Current price$269 $142
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Technical specs

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 cores1616
Core clock speed600 MHz535 MHz
Number of transistors260 million260 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)14 Watt11 Watt
Texture fill rate4.8484.280
Floating-point performance46.98 gflops39.36 gflops

Size and compatibility

Information on NVS 3100M and NVS 2100M compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. 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.

InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 2.0 x16

Memory

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 typeGDDR3, DDR3GDDR3, DDR3
Maximum RAM amount512 MB512 MB
Memory bus width64 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed800 MHz800 MHz
Memory bandwidth12.64 GB/s12.64 GB/s
Shared memory--

Video outputs and ports

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 outputsNo outputs

API support

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

DirectX11.1 (10_1)11.1 (10_1)
Shader Model4.14.1
OpenGL3.33.3
OpenCL1.11.1
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA1.21.2

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

NVS 3100M 204
+46.8%
NVS 2100M 139

NVS 3100M outperforms NVS 2100M by 47% in Passmark.

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

NVS 3100M 1121
+13%
NVS 2100M 992

NVS 3100M outperforms NVS 2100M by 13% in 3DMark Vantage Performance.

Advantages and disadvantages


Power consumption (TDP) 14 Watt 11 Watt

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