NVIDIA NVS 2100M vs NVIDIA GeForce 9700M GTS

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA NVS 2100M and NVIDIA GeForce 9700M GTS 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA NVS 2100M

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 5 month(s) later
  • Around 1% higher core clock speed: 535 MHz vs 530 MHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 65 nm
  • 5.5x lower typical power consumption: 11 Watt vs 60 Watt
  • 4x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 152 vs 38
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 7 January 2010 vs 29 July 2008
Core clock speed 535 MHz vs 530 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm vs 65 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 11 Watt vs 60 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 152 vs 38

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9700M GTS

  • 3x more texture fill rate: 12.72 GTexel / s vs 4.28 GTexel / s
  • 3x more pipelines: 48 vs 16
  • 3.2x better floating-point performance: 127.2 gflops vs 39.36 gflops
  • Around 1% higher memory clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 1580 MHz
  • Around 99% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 278 vs 140
  • 2.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3297 vs 1249
  • 2.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3297 vs 1249
Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate 12.72 GTexel / s vs 4.28 GTexel / s
Pipelines 48 vs 16
Floating-point performance 127.2 gflops vs 39.36 gflops
Memory clock speed 1600 MHz vs 1580 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 278 vs 140
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3297 vs 1249
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3297 vs 1249

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA NVS 2100M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 9700M GTS

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
140
278
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
152
38
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1249
3297
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1249
3297
Name NVIDIA NVS 2100M NVIDIA GeForce 9700M GTS
PassMark - G3D Mark 140 278
PassMark - G2D Mark 152 38
Geekbench - OpenCL 2609
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1249 3297
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1249 3297

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA NVS 2100M NVIDIA GeForce 9700M GTS

Essentials

Architecture Tesla 2.0 Tesla
Code name GT218 G94
Launch date 7 January 2010 29 July 2008
Place in performance rating 1451 1454
Type Mobile workstation Laptop

Technical info

Core clock speed 535 MHz 530 MHz
Floating-point performance 39.36 gflops 127.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 65 nm
Pipelines 16 48
Texture fill rate 4.28 GTexel / s 12.72 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 11 Watt 60 Watt
Transistor count 260 million 505 million
CUDA cores 48
Gigaflops 180

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size large

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 51.2 GB / s
Memory bus width 64 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 1580 MHz 1600 MHz
Memory type GDDR3, DDR3 GDDR3
Shared memory 0 0

Technologies

CUDA
HybridPower
PureVideo HD