NVIDIA GeForce 315M vs NVIDIA NVS 3100M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 315M and NVIDIA NVS 3100M 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 315M

NVIDIA NVS 3100M

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 315M

Videocard is newer: launch date 0 year(s) 11 month(s) later
2x more core clock speed: 1212 MHz vs 606 MHz
Around 3% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 36 vs 35
Around 42% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1401 vs 988
Around 42% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1401 vs 988

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	5 January 2011 vs 7 January 2010
Core clock speed	1212 MHz vs 606 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	36 vs 35
Geekbench - OpenCL	2910 vs 2905
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1401 vs 988
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1401 vs 988

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA NVS 3100M

Around 21% better floating-point performance: 46.98 gflops vs 38.78 gflops

Floating-point performance	46.98 gflops vs 38.78 gflops

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 315M
GPU 2: NVIDIA NVS 3100M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

115

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

2910

2905

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1401

988

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1401

988

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 315M	NVIDIA NVS 3100M
PassMark - G3D Mark	115	115
PassMark - G2D Mark	36	35
Geekbench - OpenCL	2910	2905
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1401	988
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1401	988
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		578
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		578

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 315M	NVIDIA NVS 3100M
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla 2.0	Tesla 2.0
Code name	GT218	GT218
Launch date	5 January 2011	7 January 2010
Place in performance rating	1635	1638
Type	Laptop	Mobile workstation
Technical info
Core clock speed	1212 MHz	606 MHz
CUDA cores	16
Floating-point performance	38.78 gflops	46.98 gflops
Gigaflops	73
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	16	16
Texture fill rate	4.85 GTexel / s	4.85 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	No outputs
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCI-E 2.0
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
API support
DirectX	10.1	10.1
OpenGL	4.1	3.3
Memory
Memory bandwidth	12.8 GB / s	12.64 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	64 Bit
Memory type	GDDR3, DDR3	GDDR3, DDR3
Shared memory	0	0
Maximum RAM amount		512 MB
Memory clock speed		1580 MHz
Technologies
CUDA
HybridPower
Power management	8.0