Radeon Vega 7 vs NVS 3100M

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared NVS 3100M with Radeon Vega 7, including specs and performance data.

NVS 3100M
2010
512 MB GDDR3, 14 Watt
0.53

Vega 7 outperforms NVS 3100M by a whopping 1309% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1226532
Place by popularitynot in top-10018
Power efficiency2.5911.38
ArchitectureTesla 2.0 (2007−2013)GCN 5.1 (2018−2022)
GPU code nameGT218Cezanne
Market segmentMobile workstationLaptop
Release date7 January 2010 (14 years ago)13 April 2021 (3 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 cores16448
Core clock speed606 MHz300 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1900 MHz
Number of transistors260 million9,800 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)14 Watt45 Watt
Texture fill rate4.84853.20
Floating-point processing power0.04698 TFLOPS1.702 TFLOPS
ROPs48
TMUs828

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).

InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16IGP
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

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 typeGDDR3System Shared
Maximum RAM amount512 MBSystem Shared
Memory bus width64 BitSystem Shared
Memory clock speed790 MHzSystem Shared
Memory bandwidth12.64 GB/sno 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 ConnectorsNo outputsNo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.1 (10_1)12 (12_1)
Shader Model4.16.4
OpenGL3.34.6
OpenCL1.12.1
VulkanN/A1.2
CUDA1.2-

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 HD1−2
−2100%
22
+2100%
1440p2−3
−1500%
32
+1500%
4K1−2
−1500%
16
+1500%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
−1233%
40−45
+1233%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 4−5
−1275%
55−60
+1275%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3−4
−1233%
40−45
+1233%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
−1233%
40−45
+1233%
Far Cry New Dawn 1−2
−1300%
14−16
+1300%
Hitman 3 5−6
−1300%
70−75
+1300%
Horizon Zero Dawn 10−11
−1300%
140−150
+1300%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 6−7
−1233%
80−85
+1233%
Watch Dogs: Legion 30−33
−1233%
400−450
+1233%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 4−5
−1275%
55−60
+1275%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3−4
−1233%
40−45
+1233%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
−1233%
40−45
+1233%
Far Cry New Dawn 1−2
−1300%
14−16
+1300%
Hitman 3 5−6
−1300%
70−75
+1300%
Horizon Zero Dawn 10−11
−1300%
140−150
+1300%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 6−7
−1233%
80−85
+1233%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 10−11
−1300%
140−150
+1300%
Watch Dogs: Legion 30−33
−1233%
400−450
+1233%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 4−5
−1275%
55−60
+1275%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3−4
−1233%
40−45
+1233%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
−1233%
40−45
+1233%
Hitman 3 5−6
−1300%
70−75
+1300%
Horizon Zero Dawn 10−11
−1300%
140−150
+1300%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 6−7
−1233%
80−85
+1233%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 10−11
−1300%
140−150
+1300%
Watch Dogs: Legion 30−33
−1233%
400−450
+1233%

1440p
High Preset

Far Cry New Dawn 1−2
−1300%
14−16
+1300%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 0−1 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
−1300%
14−16
+1300%
Far Cry 5 1−2
−1300%
14−16
+1300%
Hitman 3 6−7
−1233%
80−85
+1233%
Horizon Zero Dawn 3−4
−1233%
40−45
+1233%
Watch Dogs: Legion 1−2
−1300%
14−16
+1300%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 3−4
−1233%
40−45
+1233%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 1−2
−1300%
14−16
+1300%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 0−1 0−1

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 2−3
−1250%
27−30
+1250%

This is how NVS 3100M and Vega 7 compete in popular games:

  • Vega 7 is 2100% faster in 1080p
  • Vega 7 is 1500% faster in 1440p
  • Vega 7 is 1500% faster in 4K

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.53 7.47
Recency 7 January 2010 13 April 2021
Chip lithography 40 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 14 Watt 45 Watt

NVS 3100M has 221.4% lower power consumption.

Vega 7, on the other hand, has a 1309.4% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 11 years, and a 471.4% more advanced lithography process.

The Radeon Vega 7 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 Vega 7 is a mobile workstation one.


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