NVIDIA NVS 2100M vs NVIDIA NVS 3100M
NVIDIA NVS 2100M
► remove from comparisonThe Nvidia Quadro NVS 3100M is a business graphics card that is based on the GT218 core (e.g. GeForce G210M / NVS 3100M) but with drivers that are optimized for stability and compatibility in business applications). Compared to the NVS 3100M, the NVS 2100M features a lower clock rate and therefore a bit slower performance.
Therefore, it is an entry level graphics card with low 3D performance that should be sufficient for low end games and demanding games in very low detail settings and resolutions. For example the old FEAR ran on a (faster) G210M in medium to high details fluently. Still, because of the "business drivers", the gaming performance of the NVS2100M may be worse.
The NVS 2100M supports PureVideo HD (with Video Processor VP4) to decode HD videos in the formats H.264, VC-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4 ASP using the GPU. This helps reducing the CPU load and should lead to higher battery runtimes when viewing HD videos.
The chip should also support CUDA and DirectX Compute to access the computing power of the graphics card for general tasks (like encoding a video).
The power consumption of under 14 Watt (TDP of G210M) is relatively high for a business notebook, but compared to integrated graphic cards, the NVS 2100M should still provide more 3D performance.
NVIDIA NVS 3100M
► remove from comparisonThe Nvidia NVS 3100M or Nvidia Quadro NVS 3100M is a business graphics card that is based on the GT218 core (e.g. GeForce G210M / 310M) but with drivers that are optimized for stability and compatibility in business applications).
Therefore, it is an entry level graphics card with low 3D performance that should be sufficient for low end games and demanding games in very low detail settings and resolutions. For example the old FEAR ran on a G210M in medium to high details fluently. Still, because of the "business drivers" and the slightly lower clock rate, the gaming performance of the NVS3100M may be worse.
The NVS 3100M supports PureVideo HD (with Video Processor VP4) to decode HD videos in the formats H.264, VC-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4 ASP using the GPU. This helps reducing the CPU load and should lead to higher battery runtimes when viewing HD videos.
The chip should also support CUDA and DirectX Compute to access the computing power of the graphics card for general tasks (like encoding a video).
The power consumption of approx. 14 Watt (TDP of G210M) is relatively high for a business notebook, but compared to integrated graphic cards, the NVS 3100M should still provide more 3D performance.
| NVIDIA NVS 2100M | NVIDIA NVS 3100M | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Architecture | GT2xx | GT2xx | ||||||||||||||||||
| Pipelines | 16 - unified | 16 - unified | ||||||||||||||||||
| Core Speed | 535 MHz | 600 MHz | ||||||||||||||||||
| Shader Speed | 1230 MHz | 1470 MHz | ||||||||||||||||||
| Memory Speed | 800 MHz | 800 MHz | ||||||||||||||||||
| Memory Bus Width | 64 Bit | 64 Bit | ||||||||||||||||||
| Memory Type | GDDR3, DDR3 | GDDR3, DDR3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Max. Amount of Memory | 512 MB | 512 MB | ||||||||||||||||||
| Shared Memory | no | no | ||||||||||||||||||
| API | DirectX 10.1, Shader 4.1 | DirectX 10.1, Shader 4.1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| technology | 40 nm | 40 nm | ||||||||||||||||||
| Date of Announcement | 07.01.2010 | 07.01.2010 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Link to Manufacturer Page | www.nvidia.com | www.nvidia.com | ||||||||||||||||||
| Codename | N10M-NS | |||||||||||||||||||
| Power Consumption | 14 Watt |
Benchmarks
3DM Vant. Perf. total + NVIDIA NVS 2100M
specvp11 snx-01 + NVIDIA NVS 3100M
Average Benchmarks NVIDIA NVS 2100M → 100% n=11
Average Benchmarks NVIDIA NVS 3100M → 109% n=11
- Average benchmark values for this graphics card* Smaller numbers mean a higher performance
1 This benchmark is not used for the average calculation
Game Benchmarks
The following benchmarks stem from our benchmarks of review laptops. The performance depends on the used graphics memory, clock rate, processor, system settings, drivers, and operating systems. So the results don't have to be representative for all laptops with this GPU. For detailed information on the benchmark results, click on the fps number.
Call of Duty 4 - Modern Warfare
2007
Crysis - GPU Benchmark
2007
Crysis - CPU Benchmark
2007Average Gaming NVIDIA NVS 2100M → 100%
Average Gaming NVIDIA NVS 3100M → 164%
Average Gaming 30-70 fps → 193%
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| low | med. | high | ultra | QHD | 4K | low | med. | high | ultra | QHD | 4K | |||
| Battlefield: Bad Company 2 | 26 | 12 | ||||||||||||
| Call of Duty 4 - Modern Warfare | 93 | 30 | 126 | 58 | 36 | |||||||||
| NVIDIA NVS 2100M | NVIDIA NVS 3100M | |||||||||||||
| low | med. | high | ultra | QHD | 4K | low | med. | high | ultra | QHD | 4K | < 30 fps < 60 fps < 120 fps ≥ 120 fps | 1 1 | 1 1 | | | | | < 30 fps < 60 fps < 120 fps ≥ 120 fps | 1 | 1 | 1 | | | |
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