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).

 

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
43
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 1451 1452
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