NVIDIA NVS 4200M vs NVIDIA NVS 3100M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA NVS 4200M and NVIDIA NVS 3100M 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, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA NVS 4200M

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 1 month(s) later
  • Around 34% higher core clock speed: 810 MHz vs 606 MHz
  • Around 34% higher texture fill rate: 6.48 GTexel / s vs 4.85 GTexel / s
  • 3x more pipelines: 48 vs 16
  • 3.3x better floating-point performance: 155.52 gflops vs 46.98 gflops
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 512 MB
  • Around 1% higher memory clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 1580 MHz
  • 2.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 281 vs 116
  • 2.2x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 77 vs 35
  • Around 19% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 688 vs 578
  • Around 75% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1726 vs 988
  • Around 19% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 688 vs 578
  • Around 75% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1726 vs 988
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 22 February 2011 vs 7 January 2010
Core clock speed 810 MHz vs 606 MHz
Texture fill rate 6.48 GTexel / s vs 4.85 GTexel / s
Pipelines 48 vs 16
Floating-point performance 155.52 gflops vs 46.98 gflops
Maximum memory size 1 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed 1600 MHz vs 1580 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 281 vs 116
PassMark - G2D Mark 77 vs 35
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 688 vs 578
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1726 vs 988
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 688 vs 578
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1726 vs 988

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA NVS 3100M

  • Around 79% lower typical power consumption: 14 Watt vs 25 Watt
  • 2.5x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 2905 vs 1155
Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 14 Watt vs 25 Watt
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 2905 vs 1155

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA NVS 4200M
GPU 2: NVIDIA NVS 3100M

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
281
116
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
77
35
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
1155
2905
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
688
578
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1726
988
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
688
578
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1726
988
Name NVIDIA NVS 4200M NVIDIA NVS 3100M
PassMark - G3D Mark 281 116
PassMark - G2D Mark 77 35
Geekbench - OpenCL 1155 2905
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 2.559
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 103.797
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 6.826
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 12.836
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 412
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 688 578
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1726 988
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 412
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 688 578
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1726 988

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA NVS 4200M NVIDIA NVS 3100M

Essentials

Architecture Fermi 2.0 Tesla 2.0
Code name GF119 GT218
Launch date 22 February 2011 7 January 2010
Place in performance rating 1640 1642
Type Mobile workstation Mobile workstation

Technical info

Core clock speed 810 MHz 606 MHz
Floating-point performance 155.52 gflops 46.98 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 48 16
Texture fill rate 6.48 GTexel / s 4.85 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 25 Watt 14 Watt
Transistor count 292 million 260 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface MXM PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size medium sized

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_0) 10.1
OpenGL 4.6 3.3

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 512 MB
Memory bandwidth 12.8 GB / s 12.64 GB / s
Memory bus width 64 Bit 64 Bit
Memory clock speed 1600 MHz 1580 MHz
Memory type DDR3 GDDR3, DDR3
Shared memory 0 0