NVIDIA NVS 300 vs NVIDIA GeForce G103M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA NVS 300 and NVIDIA GeForce G103M 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 300

NVIDIA GeForce G103M

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA NVS 300

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 4 month(s) later
2x more pipelines: 16 vs 8
Around 54% better floating-point performance: 39.36 gflops vs 25.6 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 65 nm
Around 58% higher memory clock speed: 1580 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Around 94% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 122 vs 63
Around 21% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 41 vs 34

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	8 January 2011 vs 1 September 2009
Pipelines	16 vs 8
Floating-point performance	39.36 gflops vs 25.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 65 nm
Memory clock speed	1580 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	122 vs 63
PassMark - G2D Mark	41 vs 34

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce G103M

Around 23% higher core clock speed: 640 MHz vs 520 MHz
Around 23% higher texture fill rate: 5.12 GTexel / s vs 4.16 GTexel / s
Around 29% lower typical power consumption: 14 Watt vs 18 Watt

Core clock speed	640 MHz vs 520 MHz
Texture fill rate	5.12 GTexel / s vs 4.16 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	14 Watt vs 18 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA NVS 300
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce G103M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

122

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

Name	NVIDIA NVS 300	NVIDIA GeForce G103M
PassMark - G3D Mark	122	63
PassMark - G2D Mark	41	34
Geekbench - OpenCL	2471
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	996
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	996

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA NVS 300	NVIDIA GeForce G103M
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla 2.0	Tesla
Code name	GT218	G98
Launch date	8 January 2011	1 September 2009
Launch price (MSRP)	$109
Place in performance rating	1654	1655
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	520 MHz	640 MHz
Floating-point performance	39.36 gflops	25.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	16	8
Texture fill rate	4.16 GTexel / s	5.12 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	18 Watt	14 Watt
Transistor count	260 million	210 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DMS-59	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	145 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None
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	8 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1580 MHz	1000 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	DDR2