NVIDIA GeForce 310M vs NVIDIA GeForce G210M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 310M and NVIDIA GeForce G210M 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 G210M

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 310M

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 month(s) later
Around 2% higher core clock speed: 1530 MHz vs 1500 MHz
Around 2% better floating-point performance: 48.96 gflops vs 48 gflops
Around 16% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 22 vs 19
Around 2% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 2949 vs 2881

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	10 January 2010 vs 15 June 2009
Core clock speed	1530 MHz vs 1500 MHz
Floating-point performance	48.96 gflops vs 48 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	22 vs 19
Geekbench - OpenCL	2949 vs 2881

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce G210M

Around 6% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 128 vs 121
Around 11% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1294 vs 1167
Around 11% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1294 vs 1167

Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	128 vs 121
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1294 vs 1167
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1294 vs 1167

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 310M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce G210M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

121

128

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

2949

2881

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1167

1294

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1167

1294

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 310M	NVIDIA GeForce G210M
PassMark - G3D Mark	121	128
PassMark - G2D Mark	22	19
Geekbench - OpenCL	2949	2881
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1167	1294
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1167	1294

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 310M	NVIDIA GeForce G210M
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla 2.0	Tesla 2.0
Code name	GT218	GT218
Launch date	10 January 2010	15 June 2009
Place in performance rating	1673	1664
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	1530 MHz	1500 MHz
CUDA cores	16	16
Floating-point performance	48.96 gflops	48 gflops
Gigaflops	73	72
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	16	16
Texture fill rate	5 GTexel / s	5 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	14 Watt	14 Watt
Transistor count	260 million	260 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	DisplayPortHDMIVGADual Link DVISingle Link DVI	Dual Link DVIDisplayPortHDMISingle Link DVIVGA
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536	2048x1536
Multi monitor support
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
API support
DirectX	10.1	10.1
OpenGL	3.3	2.1
Memory
Memory bandwidth	12.64 GB / s	12.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	64 Bit
Memory type	GDDR3, DDR3	GDDR2, GDDR3
Shared memory	0	0
Technologies
CUDA
HybridPower
Power management	8.0	8.0