NVIDIA NVS 2100M vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA NVS 2100M and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260M 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 GTX 260M

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA NVS 2100M

Videocard is newer: launch date 10 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 65 nm
5.9x lower typical power consumption: 11 Watt vs 65 Watt
3.5x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 152 vs 43

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	7 January 2010 vs 3 March 2009
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 65 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	11 Watt vs 65 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	152 vs 43

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260M

2.6x more core clock speed: 1375 MHz vs 535 MHz
7.2x more texture fill rate: 31 billion / sec vs 4.28 GTexel / s
7x more pipelines: 112 vs 16
7.8x better floating-point performance: 308 gflops vs 39.36 gflops
2x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 512 MB
2.7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 379 vs 140
2.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3085 vs 1249
2.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3085 vs 1249

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1375 MHz vs 535 MHz
Texture fill rate	31 billion / sec vs 4.28 GTexel / s
Pipelines	112 vs 16
Floating-point performance	308 gflops vs 39.36 gflops
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 512 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	379 vs 140
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3085 vs 1249
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3085 vs 1249

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA NVS 2100M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

140

379

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

152

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1249

3085

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1249

3085

Name	NVIDIA NVS 2100M	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260M
PassMark - G3D Mark	140	379
PassMark - G2D Mark	152	43
Geekbench - OpenCL	2609
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1249	3085
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1249	3085

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA NVS 2100M	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260M
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla 2.0	Tesla
Code name	GT218	G92
Launch date	7 January 2010	3 March 2009
Place in performance rating	1452	1453
Type	Mobile workstation	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	535 MHz	1375 MHz
Floating-point performance	39.36 gflops	308 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	16	112
Texture fill rate	4.28 GTexel / s	31 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	11 Watt	65 Watt
Transistor count	260 million	754 million
CUDA cores		112
Gigaflops		462
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	DisplayPortSingle Link DVIDual Link DVIVGALVDSHDMI
Audio input for HDMI		S / PDIF
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Bus support		PCI-E 2.0
Laptop size		large
MXM Type		MXM 3.0 Type-B
SLI options		2-way
API support
DirectX	10.1	10.0
OpenGL	3.3	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	12.64 GB / s	61 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1580 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3, DDR3	GDDR3
Shared memory	0	0
Technologies
CUDA
HybridPower
Power management		8.0
PureVideo HD