NVIDIA GeForce G103M vs NVIDIA GeForce G210M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce G103M 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 - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce G103M

NVIDIA GeForce G210M

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce G103M

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 month(s) later
Around 2% higher texture fill rate: 5.12 GTexel / s vs 5 GTexel / s
Around 79% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 34 vs 19

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 September 2009 vs 15 June 2009
Texture fill rate	5.12 GTexel / s vs 5 GTexel / s
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	34 vs 19

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce G210M

2.3x more core clock speed: 1500 MHz vs 640 MHz
2x more pipelines: 16 vs 8
Around 88% better floating-point performance: 48 gflops vs 25.6 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 65 nm
2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 128 vs 63

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1500 MHz vs 640 MHz
Pipelines	16 vs 8
Floating-point performance	48 gflops vs 25.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 65 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	128 vs 63

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce G103M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce G210M

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

128

Name	NVIDIA GeForce G103M	NVIDIA GeForce G210M
PassMark - G2D Mark	34	19
PassMark - G3D Mark	63	128
Geekbench - OpenCL		2881
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		1294
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		1294

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce G103M	NVIDIA GeForce G210M
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Tesla 2.0
Code name	G98	GT218
Launch date	1 September 2009	15 June 2009
Place in performance rating	1663	1664
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	640 MHz	1500 MHz
Floating-point performance	25.6 gflops	48 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	8	16
Texture fill rate	5.12 GTexel / s	5 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	14 Watt	14 Watt
Transistor count	210 million	260 million
CUDA cores		16
Gigaflops		72
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	Dual Link DVIDisplayPortHDMISingle Link DVIVGA
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Bus support		PCI-E 2.0
API support
DirectX	10.0	10.1
OpenGL	3.3	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	8 GB / s	12.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz
Memory type	DDR2	GDDR2, GDDR3
Shared memory		0
Technologies
CUDA
HybridPower
Power management		8.0