NVIDIA GeForce G100 OEM vs NVIDIA GeForce 7100 GS

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce G100 OEM and NVIDIA GeForce 7100 GS videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce G100 OEM

NVIDIA GeForce 7100 GS

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce G100 OEM

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 7 month(s) later
Around 54% higher core clock speed: 540 MHz vs 350 MHz
3.1x more texture fill rate: 4.32 GTexel / s vs 1.4 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 65 nm vs 110 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 256 MB vs 128 MB
Around 14% higher memory clock speed: 800 MHz vs 700 MHz
3.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 185 vs 51
3.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 593 vs 184
3.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 593 vs 184

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	10 March 2009 vs 8 August 2006
Core clock speed	540 MHz vs 350 MHz
Texture fill rate	4.32 GTexel / s vs 1.4 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm vs 110 nm
Maximum memory size	256 MB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	800 MHz vs 700 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	185 vs 51
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	593 vs 184
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	593 vs 184

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 7100 GS

Around 27% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 79 vs 62

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	79 vs 62

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce G100 OEM
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 7100 GS

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

185

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

593

184

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

593

184

Name	NVIDIA GeForce G100 OEM	NVIDIA GeForce 7100 GS
PassMark - G2D Mark	62	79
PassMark - G3D Mark	185	51
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	593	184
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	593	184

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce G100 OEM	NVIDIA GeForce 7100 GS
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Curie
Code name	G98	NV44 B2
Launch date	10 March 2009	8 August 2006
Place in performance rating	1628	1631
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	540 MHz	350 MHz
Floating-point performance	20.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	110 nm
Pipelines	8
Texture fill rate	4.32 GTexel / s	1.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt
Transistor count	210 million	75 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x S-Video	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	168 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	10.0	9.0c
OpenGL	3.3	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	6.4 GB / s	5.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	800 MHz	700 MHz
Memory type	DDR2	DDR2