NVS 3100M: specs and benchmarks

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Aggregate performance score

NVS 3100M provides poor gaming and benchmark performance at 0.46% of a leader's which is RTX PRO 5000 Blackwell.

Summary

NVIDIA started NVS 3100M sales 7 January 2010. This is a Tesla 2.0 architecture notebook card based on 40 nm manufacturing process and primarily aimed at designers. 512 MB of GDDR3 memory clocked at 0.79 GHz are supplied, and together with 64 Bit memory interface this creates a bandwidth of 12.64 GB/s.

Compatibility-wise, this is a graphics card attached via PCIe 2.0 x16 interface. Power consumption is at 14 Watt.

Primary details

Some basic facts about NVS 3100M: architecture, market segment, release date etc.

Place in the ranking1283
Place by popularitynot in top-100
Power efficiency2.65of 100.00 (Radeon 890M)
ArchitectureTesla 2.0 (2007−2013)
GPU code nameGT218
Market segmentMobile workstation
Release date7 January 2010 (15 years ago)

Detailed specifications

NVS 3100M's specs such as number of shaders, GPU base clock, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of NVS 3100M's performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider its benchmark and gaming test results.

Pipelines / CUDA cores16of 960 (GeForce GTX 660)
Core clock speed606 MHzof 980 (GeForce GT 755M SLI)
Number of transistors260 millionof 100,000 million (Data Center GPU Max 1100)
Manufacturing process technology40 nmof 0.003 MB (Arc Graphics 140V)
Power consumption (TDP)14 Wattof 235 (FirePro S9150)
Texture fill rate4.848of 1,968.0 (RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Server)
Floating-point processing power0.04698 TFLOPSof 126 (RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Server)
ROPs4of 512 (Moore Threads MTT S4000)
TMUs8of 896 (Data Center GPU Max 1350)
L2 Cache32 KBof 408 MB (Data Center GPU Max 1350)

Form factor & compatibility

This section provides details about the physical dimensions of NVS 3100M and its compatibility with other computer components. This information is useful when selecting a computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards, it includes details about the interface and bus (for motherboard compatibility) and additional power connectors (for power supply compatibility).

InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of memory installed on NVS 3100M: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Note that GPUs integrated into processors have no dedicated memory and use a shared part of system RAM instead.

Memory typeGDDR3
Maximum RAM amount512 MBof 288 GB (Radeon Instinct MI325X)
Memory bus width64 Bitof 384 (GeForce GTX 980 Ti)
Memory clock speed790 MHzof 16384000 MB (GeForce RTX 4050 Mobile)
Memory bandwidth12.64 GB/sof 983040 MB (GeForce RTX 5080)
Shared memory-

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on NVS 3100M. As a rule, this section is relevant only for desktop reference graphics cards, since for notebook ones the availability of certain video outputs depends on the laptop model, while non-reference desktop models can (though not necessarily will) bear a different set of video ports.

Display ConnectorsNo outputs

API and SDK support

APIs supported by NVS 3100M, sometimes including their particular versions.

DirectX11.1 (10_1)
Shader Model4.1
OpenGL3.3of 4.6 (RTX PRO 5000 Blackwell)
OpenCL1.1
VulkanN/A
CUDA1.2

Benchmark performance

Synthetic benchmark performance of NVS 3100M. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score.

NVS 3100M
0.46

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. 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.

NVS 3100M 204
Samples: 1503

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.

NVS 3100M 1121

Gaming performance

Let's see how good NVS 3100M is for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in frames per second. Comparisons with game system requirements are included, but remember that sometimes official requirements may reflect reality inaccurately.

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
Hogwarts Legacy 5−6

Full HD
Medium Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
Forza Horizon 4 4−5
Hogwarts Legacy 5−6
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 8−9
Valorant 27−30

Full HD
High Preset

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 16−18
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
Dota 2 10−12
Forza Horizon 4 4−5
Hogwarts Legacy 5−6
Metro Exodus 0−1
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 8−9
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 5−6
Valorant 27−30

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
Dota 2 10−12
Forza Horizon 4 4−5
Hogwarts Legacy 5−6
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 8−9
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 5−6
Valorant 27−30

1440p
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2 3−4
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 1−2
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 5−6

1440p
Ultra Preset

Forza Horizon 4 2−3
Hogwarts Legacy 0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 1−2

1440p
Epic Preset

Fortnite 0−1

4K
High Preset

Grand Theft Auto V 14−16
Valorant 3−4

4K
Ultra Preset

PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 2−3

4K
Epic Preset

Fortnite 2−3

Closest competitors

NVS 3100M's performance relative to its closest rivals among mobile workstation graphics cards.


NVS 3100M 100
NVS 5100M 97.83

AMD equivalent

According to our data, the closest AMD alternative to NVS 3100M is Mobility FireGL V5700, which is slower by 28% and lower by 54 positions in our ranking.

Here are some closest AMD rivals to NVS 3100M:

FirePro M7740 406.52
FirePro M5800 265.22
NVS 3100M 100

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