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).

 

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
  • Around 1% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 116 vs 115
Specifications (specs)
Floating-point performance 46.98 gflops vs 38.78 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 116 vs 115

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
115
116
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
36
35
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 115 116
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 1641 1642
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