NVIDIA NVS 5100M vs NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GS

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA NVS 5100M and NVIDIA GeForce 9800M 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 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA NVS 5100M

NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GS

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA NVS 5100M

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 2 month(s) later
Around 4% higher core clock speed: 550 MHz vs 530 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 65 nm
Around 71% lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 60 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 512 MB
Around 24% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 62 vs 50
Around 14% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 2747 vs 2414
Around 14% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 2747 vs 2414

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	7 January 2010 vs 1 November 2008
Core clock speed	550 MHz vs 530 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 65 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt vs 60 Watt
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 512 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	62 vs 50
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2747 vs 2414
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2747 vs 2414

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GS

Around 82% higher texture fill rate: 16 billion / sec vs 8.8 GTexel / s
Around 33% higher pipelines: 64 vs 48
Around 46% better floating-point performance: 169.6 gflops vs 116.16 gflops
2.7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 534 vs 200

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	16 billion / sec vs 8.8 GTexel / s
Pipelines	64 vs 48
Floating-point performance	169.6 gflops vs 116.16 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	534 vs 200

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA NVS 5100M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GS

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

200

534

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2747

2414

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2747

2414

Name	NVIDIA NVS 5100M	NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GS
PassMark - G3D Mark	200	534
PassMark - G2D Mark	62	50
Geekbench - OpenCL	6549
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2747	2414
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2747	2414

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA NVS 5100M	NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GS
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla 2.0	Tesla
Code name	GT216	G94
Launch date	7 January 2010	1 November 2008
Place in performance rating	1483	1484
Type	Workstation	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	550 MHz	530 MHz
Floating-point performance	116.16 gflops	169.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	48	64
Texture fill rate	8.8 GTexel / s	16 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt	60 Watt
Transistor count	486 million	505 million
CUDA cores		64
Gigaflops		254
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-A (3.0)	PCIe 2.0 x16
Bus support		PCI-E 2.0
Laptop size		large
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	10.1	10.0
OpenGL	3.3	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	25.6 GB / s	51.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz	1600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	GDDR3
Shared memory		0
Technologies
CUDA
Power management		8.0