NVIDIA NVS 5400M vs NVIDIA NVS 3100M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA NVS 5400M 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, Technologies. 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 5400M

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 4 month(s) later
  • Around 9% higher core clock speed: 660 MHz vs 606 MHz
  • 2.2x more texture fill rate: 10.56 GTexel / s vs 4.85 GTexel / s
  • 6x more pipelines: 96 vs 16
  • 5.4x better floating-point performance: 253.4 gflops vs 46.98 gflops
  • 4x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 512 MB
  • Around 14% higher memory clock speed: 1800 MHz vs 1580 MHz
  • 5.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 620 vs 118
  • 5.5x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 186 vs 34
  • 2.9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 1652 vs 578
  • 2.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 2282 vs 988
  • 2.9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 1652 vs 578
  • 2.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 2282 vs 988
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 1 June 2012 vs 7 January 2010
Core clock speed 660 MHz vs 606 MHz
Texture fill rate 10.56 GTexel / s vs 4.85 GTexel / s
Pipelines 96 vs 16
Floating-point performance 253.4 gflops vs 46.98 gflops
Maximum memory size 2 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed 1800 MHz vs 1580 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 620 vs 118
PassMark - G2D Mark 186 vs 34
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1652 vs 578
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2282 vs 988
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1652 vs 578
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2282 vs 988

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA NVS 3100M

  • 2.5x lower typical power consumption: 14 Watt vs 35 Watt
  • Around 37% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 2905 vs 2127
Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 14 Watt vs 35 Watt
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 2905 vs 2127

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA NVS 5400M
GPU 2: NVIDIA NVS 3100M

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
620
118
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
186
34
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
2127
2905
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1652
578
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2282
988
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1652
578
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2282
988
Name NVIDIA NVS 5400M NVIDIA NVS 3100M
PassMark - G3D Mark 620 118
PassMark - G2D Mark 186 34
Geekbench - OpenCL 2127 2905
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 5.068
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 229.562
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.635
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 11.384
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 19.696
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1069
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1652 578
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2282 988
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1069
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1652 578
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2282 988

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA NVS 5400M NVIDIA NVS 3100M

Essentials

Architecture Fermi Tesla 2.0
Code name GF108 GT218
Launch date 1 June 2012 7 January 2010
Place in performance rating 1439 1646
Type Mobile workstation Mobile workstation

Technical info

Core clock speed 660 MHz 606 MHz
Floating-point performance 253.4 gflops 46.98 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 96 16
Texture fill rate 10.56 GTexel / s 4.85 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt 14 Watt
Transistor count 585 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 2 GB 512 MB
Memory bandwidth 28.8 GB / s 12.64 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 64 Bit
Memory clock speed 1800 MHz 1580 MHz
Memory type DDR3 GDDR3, DDR3
Shared memory 0 0

Technologies

3D Vision
3D Vision / 3DTV Play
CUDA
DirectCompute
DirectX 11 DirectX 11
Optimus