NVIDIA NVS 3100M vs NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS PCI

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA NVS 3100M and NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS PCI 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 8400 GS PCI

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA NVS 3100M

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 1 month(s) later
Around 7% higher core clock speed: 606 MHz vs 567 MHz
Around 17% higher texture fill rate: 4.85 GTexel / s vs 4.16 GTexel / s
Around 19% better floating-point performance: 46.98 gflops vs 39.36 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 65 nm
Around 79% lower typical power consumption: 14 Watt vs 25 Watt
2.4x more memory clock speed: 1580 MHz vs 666 MHz

Launch date	7 January 2010 vs 4 December 2007
Core clock speed	606 MHz vs 567 MHz
Texture fill rate	4.85 GTexel / s vs 4.16 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance	46.98 gflops vs 39.36 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 65 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	14 Watt vs 25 Watt
Memory clock speed	1580 MHz vs 666 MHz

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS PCI

Around 4% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1023 vs 988
Around 4% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1023 vs 988

Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1023 vs 988
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1023 vs 988

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA NVS 3100M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS PCI

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

988

1023

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

988

1023

Name	NVIDIA NVS 3100M	NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS PCI
PassMark - G3D Mark	115
PassMark - G2D Mark	35
Geekbench - OpenCL	2905
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	578
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	578
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	988	1023
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	988	1023

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA NVS 3100M	NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS PCI
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla 2.0	Tesla
Code name	GT218	G98
Launch date	7 January 2010	4 December 2007
Place in performance rating	1644	1647
Type	Mobile workstation	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	606 MHz	567 MHz
Floating-point performance	46.98 gflops	39.36 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	16	16
Texture fill rate	4.85 GTexel / s	4.16 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	14 Watt	25 Watt
Transistor count	260 million	210 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCI
Length		170 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	666 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3, DDR3	DDR3
Shared memory	0