NVIDIA GeForce 210 OEM vs NVIDIA GeForce G103M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 210 OEM and NVIDIA GeForce G103M videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark.

NVIDIA GeForce 210 OEM

NVIDIA GeForce G103M

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 210 OEM

2x more pipelines: 16 vs 8
Around 38% better floating-point performance: 35.2 gflops vs 25.6 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 65 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 512 MB

Pipelines	16 vs 8
Floating-point performance	35.2 gflops vs 25.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 65 nm
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 512 MB

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce G103M

Around 35% higher core clock speed: 640 MHz vs 475 MHz
Around 35% higher texture fill rate: 5.12 GTexel / s vs 3.8 GTexel / s
2.2x lower typical power consumption: 14 Watt vs 31 Watt
Around 25% higher memory clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 800 MHz

Core clock speed	640 MHz vs 475 MHz
Texture fill rate	5.12 GTexel / s vs 3.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	14 Watt vs 31 Watt
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz vs 800 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 210 OEM
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce G103M

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 210 OEM	NVIDIA GeForce G103M
PassMark - G2D Mark		34
PassMark - G3D Mark		63

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 210 OEM	NVIDIA GeForce G103M
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla 2.0	Tesla
Code name	GT216	G98
Launch date	4 September 2009	1 September 2009
Place in performance rating	not rated	1655
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	475 MHz	640 MHz
Floating-point performance	35.2 gflops	25.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	16	8
Texture fill rate	3.8 GTexel / s	5.12 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	31 Watt	14 Watt
Transistor count	486 million	210 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x DisplayPort, 1x VGA	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	168 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None
API support
DirectX	10.1	10.0
OpenGL	3.3	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	6.4 GB / s	8 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	800 MHz	1000 MHz
Memory type	DDR2	DDR2