NVIDIA GeForce 310M vs NVIDIA GeForce G210 OEM

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 310M and NVIDIA GeForce G210 OEM 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).

NVIDIA GeForce 310M

NVIDIA GeForce G210 OEM

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 310M

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 month(s) later
2.8x more core clock speed: 1530 MHz vs 550 MHz
Around 14% higher texture fill rate: 5 GTexel / s vs 4.4 GTexel / s
Around 13% better floating-point performance: 48.96 gflops vs 43.2 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 55 nm
2.2x lower typical power consumption: 14 Watt vs 31 Watt
Around 5% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 119 vs 113
Around 20% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 2949 vs 2451
Around 35% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1167 vs 866
Around 35% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1167 vs 866

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	10 January 2010 vs 26 May 2009
Core clock speed	1530 MHz vs 550 MHz
Texture fill rate	5 GTexel / s vs 4.4 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance	48.96 gflops vs 43.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 55 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	14 Watt vs 31 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	119 vs 113
Geekbench - OpenCL	2949 vs 2451
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1167 vs 866
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1167 vs 866

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce G210 OEM

Around 59% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 35 vs 22

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	35 vs 22

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 310M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce G210 OEM

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

119

113

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

2949

2451

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1167

866

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1167

866

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 310M	NVIDIA GeForce G210 OEM
PassMark - G3D Mark	119	113
PassMark - G2D Mark	22	35
Geekbench - OpenCL	2949	2451
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1167	866
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1167	866

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 310M	NVIDIA GeForce G210 OEM
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla 2.0	Tesla
Code name	GT218	G96C
Launch date	10 January 2010	26 May 2009
Place in performance rating	1671	1672
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	1530 MHz	550 MHz
CUDA cores	16
Floating-point performance	48.96 gflops	43.2 gflops
Gigaflops	73
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	16	16
Texture fill rate	5 GTexel / s	4.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	14 Watt	31 Watt
Transistor count	260 million	314 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	DisplayPortHDMIVGADual Link DVISingle Link DVI	1x DVI, 1x DisplayPort, 1x VGA
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCI-E 2.0
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
Length		168 mm
API support
DirectX	10.1	10.0
OpenGL	3.3	3.3
Memory
Memory bandwidth	12.64 GB / s	8.06 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	64 Bit
Memory type	GDDR3, DDR3	DDR2
Shared memory	0
Maximum RAM amount		512 MB
Memory clock speed		1008 MHz
Technologies
CUDA
HybridPower
Power management	8.0