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).

NVIDIA NVS 2100M

NVIDIA GeForce 9700M GTS

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

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	1452	1455
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