NVIDIA NVS 3100M vs NVIDIA GeForce 9200M GS

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA NVS 3100M and NVIDIA GeForce 9200M GS 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).

NVIDIA NVS 3100M

NVIDIA GeForce 9200M GS

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA NVS 3100M

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 7 month(s) later
Around 10% higher core clock speed: 606 MHz vs 550 MHz
Around 10% higher texture fill rate: 4.85 GTexel / s vs 4.4 GTexel / s
2x more pipelines: 16 vs 8
2.1x better floating-point performance: 46.98 gflops vs 22.4 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 65 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 512 MB vs 256 MB
Around 13% higher memory clock speed: 1580 MHz vs 1400 MHz
Around 12% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 988 vs 882
Around 12% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 988 vs 882

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	7 January 2010 vs 3 June 2008
Core clock speed	606 MHz vs 550 MHz
Texture fill rate	4.85 GTexel / s vs 4.4 GTexel / s
Pipelines	16 vs 8
Floating-point performance	46.98 gflops vs 22.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 65 nm
Maximum memory size	512 MB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	1580 MHz vs 1400 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	988 vs 882
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	988 vs 882

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9200M GS

Around 8% lower typical power consumption: 13 Watt vs 14 Watt
Around 11% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 129 vs 116
Around 31% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 46 vs 35

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	13 Watt vs 14 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	129 vs 116
PassMark - G2D Mark	46 vs 35

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA NVS 3100M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 9200M GS

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

116

129

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

988

882

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

988

882

Name	NVIDIA NVS 3100M	NVIDIA GeForce 9200M GS
PassMark - G3D Mark	116	129
PassMark - G2D Mark	35	46
Geekbench - OpenCL	2905
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	578
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	578
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	988	882
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	988	882

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA NVS 3100M	NVIDIA GeForce 9200M GS
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla 2.0	Tesla
Code name	GT218	G98
Launch date	7 January 2010	3 June 2008
Place in performance rating	1641	1643
Type	Mobile workstation	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	606 MHz	550 MHz
Floating-point performance	46.98 gflops	22.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	16	8
Texture fill rate	4.85 GTexel / s	4.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	14 Watt	13 Watt
Transistor count	260 million	210 million
CUDA cores		8
Gigaflops		31
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
API support
DirectX	10.1	10.0
OpenGL	3.3	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	12.64 GB / s	11.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1580 MHz	1400 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3, DDR3	GDDR2, GDDR3
Shared memory	0	0
Technologies
CUDA