NVIDIA NVS 3100M vs NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA NVS 3100M and NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT 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 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA NVS 3100M

• Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 0 month(s) later
• Around 28% higher core clock speed: 606 MHz vs 475 MHz
• A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 80 nm
• Around 43% lower typical power consumption: 14 Watt vs 20 Watt
• Around 98% higher memory clock speed: 1580 MHz vs 800 MHz
• Around 28% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 115 vs 90
• Around 21% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 35 vs 29

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT

• Around 57% higher texture fill rate: 7.6 GTexel / s vs 4.85 GTexel / s
• 2x more pipelines: 32 vs 16
• Around 29% better floating-point performance: 60.8 gflops vs 46.98 gflops
• Around 28% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1267 vs 988
• Around 28% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1267 vs 988

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA NVS 3100M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT

PassMark - G3D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	115 90
PassMark - G2D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	35 29
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	988 1267
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	988 1267

Compare specifications (specs)