NVIDIA GeForce 9100 vs NVIDIA GeForce 7000M + nForce 610M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 9100 and NVIDIA GeForce 7000M + nForce 610M videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce 9100

NVIDIA GeForce 7000M + nForce 610M

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9100

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 2 month(s) later
Around 43% higher core clock speed: 500 MHz vs 350 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 80 nm vs 90 nm
6.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 82 vs 13
Around 84% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 345 vs 188

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	17 April 2007 vs 1 February 2006
Core clock speed	500 MHz vs 350 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm vs 90 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	82 vs 13
PassMark - G2D Mark	345 vs 188

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 9100
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 7000M + nForce 610M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

345

188

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 9100	NVIDIA GeForce 7000M + nForce 610M
PassMark - G3D Mark	82	13
PassMark - G2D Mark	345	188
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	795
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	795

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 9100	NVIDIA GeForce 7000M + nForce 610M
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Curie
Code name	C78	MCP67M
Launch date	17 April 2007	1 February 2006
Place in performance rating	929	931
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	500 MHz	350 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm	90 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	40 Watt
Transistor count	210 million	112 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCI	PCIe 1.0 x16
API support
DirectX	10.0	9.0c
OpenGL	3.3	2.1