NVS 2100M vs GeForce RTX 2070 Max-Q Refresh
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in performance ranking | not rated | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | Turing (2018−2021) | GT2xx (2009−2012) |
| GPU code name | TU106B | GT218 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Mobile workstation |
| Release date | 16 June 2020 (4 years ago) | 7 January 2010 (14 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 2304 | 16 |
| Core clock speed | no data | 535 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1125 MHz | no data |
| Number of transistors | 10,800 million | 260 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 12 nm | 40 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 115 Watt | 11 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 162.0 | 4.280 |
| Floating-point performance | no data | 39.36 gflops |
Form factor & compatibility
Information on GeForce RTX 2070 Max-Q Refresh and NVS 2100M compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | no data |
VRAM capacity and type
Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.
| Memory type | GDDR6 | GDDR3, DDR3 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 8 GB | 512 MB |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 64 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 11 GB/s | 800 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 352.0 GB/s | 12.64 GB/s |
| Shared memory | no data | - |
Connectivity and outputs
Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.
| Display Connectors | No outputs | No outputs |
API compatibility
List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 Ultimate (12_2) | 11.1 (10_1) |
| Shader Model | 6.5 | 4.1 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 3.3 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 1.1 |
| Vulkan | 1.2 | N/A |
| CUDA | 7.5 | 1.2 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 16 June 2020 | 7 January 2010 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 8 GB | 512 MB |
| Chip lithography | 12 nm | 40 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 115 Watt | 11 Watt |
RTX 2070 Max-Q Refresh has an age advantage of 10 years, a 1500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 233.3% more advanced lithography process.
NVS 2100M, on the other hand, has 945.5% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between GeForce RTX 2070 Max-Q Refresh and NVS 2100M. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that GeForce RTX 2070 Max-Q Refresh is a notebook graphics card while NVS 2100M is a mobile workstation one.
Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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