NVIDIA NVS 5100M vs NVIDIA GeForce 9300 GS

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA NVS 5100M and NVIDIA GeForce 9300 GS 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 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA NVS 5100M

NVIDIA GeForce 9300 GS

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA NVS 5100M

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 7 month(s) later
Around 94% higher texture fill rate: 8.8 GTexel / s vs 4.54 GTexel / s
6x more pipelines: 48 vs 8
5.2x better floating-point performance: 116.16 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: 1 GB vs 512 MB
2.4x more memory clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 666 MHz
Around 96% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 200 vs 102

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	7 January 2010 vs 1 June 2008
Texture fill rate	8.8 GTexel / s vs 4.54 GTexel / s
Pipelines	48 vs 8
Floating-point performance	116.16 gflops vs 22.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 65 nm
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz vs 666 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	200 vs 102

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9300 GS

Around 3% higher core clock speed: 567 MHz vs 550 MHz
Around 29% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 80 vs 62

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	567 MHz vs 550 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	80 vs 62

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA NVS 5100M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 9300 GS

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

200

102

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

Name	NVIDIA NVS 5100M	NVIDIA GeForce 9300 GS
PassMark - G3D Mark	200	102
PassMark - G2D Mark	62	80
Geekbench - OpenCL	6549
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2747
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2747

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA NVS 5100M	NVIDIA GeForce 9300 GS
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla 2.0	Tesla
Code name	GT216	G98
Launch date	7 January 2010	1 June 2008
Place in performance rating	1483	1485
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$59.95
Price now		$59.95
Value for money (0-100)		1.99
Technical info
Core clock speed	550 MHz	567 MHz
Floating-point performance	116.16 gflops	22.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	48	8
Texture fill rate	8.8 GTexel / s	4.54 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt
Transistor count	486 million	210 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-A (3.0)	PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	10.1	10.0
OpenGL	3.3	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	25.6 GB / s	5.33 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz	666 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	DDR2