NVIDIA GeForce 310M vs NVIDIA GeForce 210

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 310M and NVIDIA GeForce 210 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce 310M

NVIDIA GeForce 210

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 310M

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 month(s) later
Around 9% higher core clock speed: 1530 MHz vs 1402 MHz
Around 20% higher texture fill rate: 5 GTexel / s vs 4.16 GTexel / s
Around 24% better floating-point performance: 48.96 gflops vs 39.36 gflops
2.2x lower typical power consumption: 14 Watt vs 30.5 Watt
Around 21% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 2949 vs 2438
Around 70% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1167 vs 688
Around 70% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1167 vs 688

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	10 January 2010 vs 12 October 2009
Core clock speed	1530 MHz vs 1402 MHz
Texture fill rate	5 GTexel / s vs 4.16 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance	48.96 gflops vs 39.36 gflops
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	14 Watt vs 30.5 Watt
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	2949 vs 2438
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1167 vs 688
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1167 vs 688

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 210

Around 3% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 125 vs 121
Around 41% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 31 vs 22

Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	125 vs 121
PassMark - G2D Mark	31 vs 22

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 310M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 210

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

121

125

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

2949

2438

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1167

688

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1167

688

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 310M	NVIDIA GeForce 210
PassMark - G3D Mark	121	125
PassMark - G2D Mark	22	31
Geekbench - OpenCL	2949	2438
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1167	688
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1167	688
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		497
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		497

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 310M	NVIDIA GeForce 210
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla 2.0	Tesla 2.0
Code name	GT218	GT218
Launch date	10 January 2010	12 October 2009
Place in performance rating	1673	1662
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$29.49
Price now		$32.99
Value for money (0-100)		6.81
Technical info
Core clock speed	1530 MHz	1402 MHz
CUDA cores	16	16
Floating-point performance	48.96 gflops	39.36 gflops
Gigaflops	73
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	16	16
Texture fill rate	5 GTexel / s	4.16 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	14 Watt	30.5 Watt
Transistor count	260 million	260 million
Maximum GPU temperature		105 °C
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	DisplayPortHDMIVGADual Link DVISingle Link DVI	1x DVI, 1x DisplayPort, 1x VGA, DVIVGADisplayPort
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536	2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Audio input for HDMI		Internal
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCI-E 2.0	PCI-E 2.0
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
Height		2.731" (6.9 cm)
Length		6.60" (16.8 cm)
API support
DirectX	10.1	10.1
OpenGL	3.3	3.1
Memory
Memory bandwidth	12.64 GB / s	8.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	64 Bit
Memory type	GDDR3, DDR3	GDDR2
Shared memory	0
Maximum RAM amount		512 MB
Memory clock speed		500 MHz
Technologies
CUDA
HybridPower
Power management	8.0