NVIDIA NVS 3100M vs NVIDIA GeForce 310 OEM

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA NVS 3100M and NVIDIA GeForce 310 OEM 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 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA NVS 3100M

NVIDIA GeForce 310 OEM

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA NVS 3100M

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 month(s) later
Around 3% higher core clock speed: 606 MHz vs 589 MHz
Around 3% higher texture fill rate: 4.85 GTexel / s vs 4.71 GTexel / s
Around 5% better floating-point performance: 46.98 gflops vs 44.86 gflops
2.2x lower typical power consumption: 14 Watt vs 31 Watt
2.4x more memory clock speed: 1580 MHz vs 666 MHz
Around 7% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 2905 vs 2724

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	7 January 2010 vs 27 November 2009
Core clock speed	606 MHz vs 589 MHz
Texture fill rate	4.85 GTexel / s vs 4.71 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance	46.98 gflops vs 44.86 gflops
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	14 Watt vs 31 Watt
Memory clock speed	1580 MHz vs 666 MHz
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	2905 vs 2724

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 310 OEM

Around 21% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 140 vs 116
Around 17% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 41 vs 35
Around 6% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1052 vs 988
Around 6% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1052 vs 988

Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	140 vs 116
PassMark - G2D Mark	41 vs 35
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1052 vs 988
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1052 vs 988

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA NVS 3100M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 310 OEM

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

116

140

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

2905

2724

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

988

1052

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

988

1052

Name	NVIDIA NVS 3100M	NVIDIA GeForce 310 OEM
PassMark - G3D Mark	116	140
PassMark - G2D Mark	35	41
Geekbench - OpenCL	2905	2724
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	578
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	578
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	988	1052
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	988	1052

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA NVS 3100M	NVIDIA GeForce 310 OEM
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla 2.0	Tesla 2.0
Code name	GT218	GT218
Launch date	7 January 2010	27 November 2009
Place in performance rating	1642	1645
Type	Mobile workstation	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	606 MHz	589 MHz
Floating-point performance	46.98 gflops	44.86 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	16	16
Texture fill rate	4.85 GTexel / s	4.71 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	14 Watt	31 Watt
Transistor count	260 million	260 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x DisplayPort, 1x VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length		168 mm
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	10.1	10.1
OpenGL	3.3	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	12.64 GB / s	5.33 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1580 MHz	666 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3, DDR3	DDR2
Shared memory	0