NVIDIA GeForce 6800 vs NVIDIA NVS 3100M
Graphics Processor
| GPU model | NV40 | GT218 |
|---|---|---|
| Architecture | Curie | Tesla 2.0 |
| Foundry | TSMC | TSMC |
| Manufacturing process | 130 nm | 40 nm |
| Number of transistors | 222 million | 260 million |
| Die size | 287 mm² | 57 mm² |
| GPU variant | — | N10M-NS |
Graphics Card
| Release date | Apr 14th, 2004 | — |
|---|---|---|
| Generation | GeForce 6 AGP | — |
| Production | End-of-life | — |
| Interface | AGP 8x | — |
| Reviews | 115 in our database | — |
| Predecessor | GeForce FX | — |
| Successor | GeForce 7 AGP | — |
Clocks
| GPU clock | 325 MHz | 606 MHz |
|---|---|---|
| Memory clock | 350 MHz 700 Mbps effective | 790 MHz 1580 Mbps effective |
| Shader clock | — | 1468 MHz |
Memory Configuration
| Memory size | 128 MB | 512 MB |
|---|---|---|
| Memory type | DDR | GDDR3 |
| Memory bus width | 256 bit | 64 bit |
| Bandwidth | 22.40 GB/s | 12.64 GB/s |
Render Configuration
| Pixel shaders | 12 | — |
|---|---|---|
| Vertex shaders | 5 | — |
| TMUs | 12 | 8 |
| ROPs | 12 | 4 |
| Shading units | — | 16 |
| SM count | — | 2 |
| Cache L2 | — | 32 KB |
Performance
| Pixel rate | 3.900 GPixel/s | 2.424 GPixel/s |
|---|---|---|
| Vertex rate | 406.3 MVertices/s | — |
| Texture rate | 3.900 GTexel/s | 4.848 GTexel/s |
| FP32 (float) performance | — | 46.98 GFLOPS |
Dimensions & Outputs
| Slot width | Single-slot | — |
|---|---|---|
| TDP | unknown | 14 W |
| Suggested PSU | 200 W | — |
| Outputs | 1x DVI1x VGA1x S-Video | No outputs |
| Power connectors | 1x Molex | — |
| Board number | P201, P212 | — |
API Support & Features
| DirectX | 9.0c (9_3) | 11.1 (10_1) |
|---|---|---|
| OpenGL | 2.1 | 3.3 |
| OpenCL | — | 1.1 |
| Vulkan | — | — |
| Shader model | 3.0 | 4.1 |
| CUDA | — | 1.2 |
Other Features
Mobile graphics
| Release date | — | Jan 7th, 2010 |
|---|---|---|
| Generation | — | NVS Mobile (x100M) |
| Production | — | End-of-life |
| Interface | — | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
| Reviews | — | 26 in our database |
