NVS 3100M vs HD Graphics 2500

Place in the ranking	1187	1239
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	no data	2.58
Architecture	Generation 7.0 (2012−2013)	Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013)
GPU code name	Ivy Bridge GT1	GT218
Market segment	Desktop	Mobile workstation
Release date	1 April 2012 (12 years ago)	7 January 2010 (15 years ago)

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	48	16
Core clock speed	650 MHz	606 MHz
Boost clock speed	1150 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	392 million	260 million
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	unknown	14 Watt
Texture fill rate	6.900	4.848
Floating-point processing power	0.1104 TFLOPS	0.04698 TFLOPS
ROPs	1	4
TMUs	6	8

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Width	IGP	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	System Shared	GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount	System Shared	512 MB
Memory bus width	System Shared	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	System Shared	790 MHz
Memory bandwidth	no data	12.64 GB/s
Shared memory	+	-

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

API and SDK compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	11.1 (11_0)	11.1 (10_1)
Shader Model	5.0	4.1
OpenGL	4.0	3.3
OpenCL	1.2	1.1
Vulkan	1.1.80	N/A
CUDA	-	1.2

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score.

HD Graphics 2500 0.68
+30.8%

NVS 3100M 0.52

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

HD Graphics 2500 1931
+72.3%

NVS 3100M 1121

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD

8
+33.3%

6−7

−33.3%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Atomic Heart	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Counter-Strike 2	7−8 +0%	7−8 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Atomic Heart	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Counter-Strike 2	7−8 +0%	7−8 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	4−5 +0%	4−5 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	8−9 +14.3%	7−8 −14.3%
Valorant	27−30 +3.6%	27−30 −3.6%

Full HD
High Preset

Atomic Heart	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Counter-Strike 2	7−8 +0%	7−8 +0%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive	12 −33.3%	16−18 +33.3%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Dota 2	12−14 +9.1%	10−12 −9.1%
Forza Horizon 4	4−5 +0%	4−5 +0%
Metro Exodus	0−1	0−1
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	8−9 +14.3%	7−8 −14.3%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	4−5 +0%	4−5 +0%
Valorant	27−30 +3.6%	27−30 −3.6%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Counter-Strike 2	7−8 +0%	7−8 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Dota 2	12−14 +9.1%	10−12 −9.1%
Forza Horizon 4	4−5 +0%	4−5 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	8−9 +14.3%	7−8 −14.3%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	4−5 +0%	4−5 +0%
Valorant	27−30 +3.6%	27−30 −3.6%

1440p
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2	0−1	0−1
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive	2−3 +100%	1−2 −100%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	4−5 +33.3%	3−4 −33.3%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077	0−1	0−1
Forza Horizon 4	2−3 +100%	1−2 −100%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%

1440p
Epic Preset

Fortnite

1−2

+0%

1−2

+0%

4K
High Preset

Atomic Heart	0−1	0−1
Grand Theft Auto V	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%
Valorant	4−5 +33.3%	3−4 −33.3%

4K
Ultra Preset

Far Cry 5	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%

4K
Epic Preset

Fortnite

2−3

+0%

2−3

+0%

This is how HD Graphics 2500 and NVS 3100M compete in popular games:

HD Graphics 2500 is 33% faster in 1080p

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, with 1440p resolution and the High Preset, the HD Graphics 2500 is 100% faster.
in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, with 1080p resolution and the High Preset, the NVS 3100M is 33% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

HD Graphics 2500 is ahead in 12 tests (34%)
NVS 3100M is ahead in 1 test (3%)
there's a draw in 22 tests (63%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.68	0.52
Recency	1 April 2012	7 January 2010
Chip lithography	22 nm	40 nm

HD Graphics 2500 has a 30.8% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 2 years, and a 81.8% more advanced lithography process.

The HD Graphics 2500 is our recommended choice as it beats the NVS 3100M in performance tests.

Be aware that HD Graphics 2500 is a desktop card while NVS 3100M is a mobile workstation one.

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