Radeon R3 (Mullins/Beema) vs NVS 3100M
Aggregated performance score
Radeon R3 (Mullins/Beema) outperforms NVS 3100M by 58% based on our aggregated benchmark results.
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in performance ranking | 1182 | 1097 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | GT2xx (2009−2012) | GCN 1.1 (2014) |
| GPU code name | N10M-NS | Beema/Mullins |
| Market segment | Mobile workstation | Laptop |
| Release date | 7 January 2010 (14 years ago) | 29 April 2014 (10 years ago) |
| Current price | $269 | no data |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.
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 | 16 | 128 |
| Core clock speed | 600 MHz | 350 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 686 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 260 million | no data |
| Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm | 28 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 14 Watt | no data |
| Texture fill rate | 4.848 | no data |
| Floating-point performance | 46.98 gflops | no data |
Form factor & compatibility
Information on NVS 3100M and Radeon R3 (Mullins/Beema) 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.
| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | 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, DDR3 | no data |
| Maximum RAM amount | 512 MB | no data |
| Memory bus width | 64 Bit | 64 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 800 MHz | no data |
| Memory bandwidth | 12.64 GB/s | no data |
| 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 Connectors | No outputs | no data |
API compatibility
List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 11.1 (10_1) | 12 (FL 12_0) |
| Shader Model | 4.1 | no data |
| OpenGL | 3.3 | no data |
| OpenCL | 1.1 | no data |
| Vulkan | N/A | no data |
| CUDA | 1.2 | no data |
Synthetic benchmark performance
Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.
Combined synthetic benchmark score
This is our combined benchmark performance score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.
Radeon R3 (Mullins/Beema) outperforms NVS 3100M by 58% based on our aggregated benchmark results.
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%
Radeon R3 (Mullins/Beema) outperforms NVS 3100M by 62% in 3DMark Vantage Performance.
Gaming performance
Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.
Average FPS across all PC games
Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:
| Full HD | 9−10
−66.7%
| 15
+66.7%
|
FPS performance in popular games
Full HD
Low Preset
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 3−4
+0%
|
3−4
+0%
|
Full HD
Medium Preset
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 8−9
−12.5%
|
9−10
+12.5%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 3−4
+0%
|
3−4
+0%
|
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 2−3
−50%
|
3−4
+50%
|
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 6−7
+0%
|
6−7
+0%
|
Full HD
High Preset
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 8−9
−12.5%
|
9−10
+12.5%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 3−4
+0%
|
3−4
+0%
|
| Metro Exodus | 1−2
+0%
|
1−2
+0%
|
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 2−3
−50%
|
3−4
+50%
|
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 6−7
+0%
|
6−7
+0%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 3−4
+0%
|
3−4
+0%
|
Full HD
Ultra Preset
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 3−4
+0%
|
3−4
+0%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 3−4
+0%
|
3−4
+0%
|
1440p
High Preset
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 2−3
−50%
|
3−4
+50%
|
| Hitman 3 | 3−4
+0%
|
3−4
+0%
|
| Horizon Zero Dawn | 8−9
+0%
|
8−9
+0%
|
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 4−5
+0%
|
4−5
+0%
|
1440p
Ultra Preset
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 1−2
+0%
|
1−2
+0%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 1−2
+0%
|
1−2
+0%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 1−2
+0%
|
1−2
+0%
|
4K
High Preset
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 1−2
+0%
|
1−2
+0%
|
| Hitman 3 | 1−2
+0%
|
1−2
+0%
|
| Horizon Zero Dawn | 7−8
+0%
|
7−8
+0%
|
4K
Ultra Preset
| Far Cry 5 | 2−3
−50%
|
3−4
+50%
|
| Far Cry New Dawn | 5−6
+0%
|
5−6
+0%
|
This is how NVS 3100M and R3 (Mullins/Beema) compete in popular games:
- R3 (Mullins/Beema) is 66.7% faster than NVS 3100M in 1080p
Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:
- in Red Dead Redemption 2, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the R3 (Mullins/Beema) is 50% faster than the NVS 3100M.
All in all, in popular games:
- R3 (Mullins/Beema) is ahead in 6 tests (24%)
- there's a draw in 19 tests (76%)
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 0.53 | 0.84 |
| Recency | 7 January 2010 | 29 April 2014 |
| Chip lithography | 40 nm | 28 nm |
The Radeon R3 (Mullins/Beema) is our recommended choice as it beats the NVS 3100M in performance tests.
Be aware that NVS 3100M is a mobile workstation card while Radeon R3 (Mullins/Beema) is a mobile workstation one.
Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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