NVIDIA NVS 2100M vs ATI Radeon HD 3850

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA NVS 2100M and ATI Radeon HD 3850 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 - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA NVS 2100M

ATI Radeon HD 3850

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA NVS 2100M

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 1 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 55 nm
6.8x lower typical power consumption: 11 Watt vs 75 Watt
5.1x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 152 vs 30

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	7 January 2010 vs 19 November 2007
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 55 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	11 Watt vs 75 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	152 vs 30

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 3850

Around 25% higher core clock speed: 668 MHz vs 535 MHz
2.5x more texture fill rate: 10.69 GTexel / s vs 4.28 GTexel / s
20x more pipelines: 320 vs 16
10.9x better floating-point performance: 427.5 gflops vs 39.36 gflops
Around 5% higher memory clock speed: 1660 MHz vs 1580 MHz
2.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 393 vs 140
2.7x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3345 vs 1249
2.7x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3345 vs 1249

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	668 MHz vs 535 MHz
Texture fill rate	10.69 GTexel / s vs 4.28 GTexel / s
Pipelines	320 vs 16
Floating-point performance	427.5 gflops vs 39.36 gflops
Memory clock speed	1660 MHz vs 1580 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	393 vs 140
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3345 vs 1249
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3345 vs 1249

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA NVS 2100M
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 3850

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

140

393

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

152

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1249

3345

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1249

3345

Name	NVIDIA NVS 2100M	ATI Radeon HD 3850
PassMark - G3D Mark	140	393
PassMark - G2D Mark	152	30
Geekbench - OpenCL	2609
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1249	3345
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1249	3345

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA NVS 2100M	ATI Radeon HD 3850
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla 2.0	TeraScale
Code name	GT218	RV670
Launch date	7 January 2010	19 November 2007
Place in performance rating	1450	1453
Type	Mobile workstation	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$179
Technical info
Core clock speed	535 MHz	668 MHz
Floating-point performance	39.36 gflops	427.5 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	16	320
Texture fill rate	4.28 GTexel / s	10.69 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	11 Watt	75 Watt
Transistor count	260 million	666 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length		208 mm
Supplementary power connectors		1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	10.1	10.0
OpenGL	3.3	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	12.64 GB / s	53.1 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1580 MHz	1660 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3, DDR3	GDDR3
Shared memory	0