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NVIDIA GeForce 320M

The NVIDIA GeForce 320M is an integrated chipset graphics card for Core 2 Duo based laptops and successor of the GeForce 9400M. It does not feature dedicated graphics memory but uses the systems main memory instead (shared memory, in Mac OS X 256 MB from the main memory). Therefore, the performance is not as good as similar cards with dedicated graphics RAM. The mGPU is based on the GT216 core (as the GeForce GT 325M e.g.) and offers all 48 shader cores. The similar called GeForce GT 320M is a dedicated graphics card and a bit faster than the Geforce 320M.

The gaming performance of the GeForce 320M should be compareable to a GeForce 310M and even better. Therefore, older and less demanding games should run in high details fluently. Modern and demanding games like Crysis or NFS Shift should only run in low detail settings.

The 320M also supports PureVideo HD (VP4) to decode HD videos with the GPU. Using CUDA, OpenCL, and DirectCompute the shaders of the GPU can also be used for other calculations (like encoding videos).

The GeForce 320M is not similar to the GeForce GT 320M, which is based on a GeForce 9600M GT.

ManufacturerNVIDIA
GeForce 300M Series

GeForce 320M 48@450MHz

GeForce 310M 16@625MHz

GeForce 305M 16@525MHz

CodenameMCP89
Pipelines48 - unified
Core Speed *450 MHz
Shader Speed *950 MHz
Memory Speed *
Memory Bus Width
Memory Type
Shared Memoryyes
MacOS X: 256MB shared Memory
DirectXDirectX 10.1, Shader 4.1
technology40 nm
Notebook Sizesmall and light
Date of Announcement01.04.2010
* The specified clock rates are only guidelines for the manufacturer and can be altered by them.

Benchmarks

3DMark 03 - Standard 1024x768
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min: 10494     avg: 10494 (18%)     max: 10494 Points
3DMark 05 - Standard 1024x768
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min: 7262     avg: 7358 (31%)     max: 7453 Points
3DMark 06
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min: 4237     avg: 4508 (24%)     max: 4754 Points
PCMark Vantage - Gaming Score 1024x768
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min: 2971     avg: 3032 (24%)     max: 3093 Points
Cinebench R10 - Shading 32Bit
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min: 3361     avg: 3419 (43%)     max: 3477 Points
3DMark Vantage - P Result no PhysX 1280x1024
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min: 1855     avg: 1860 (13%)     max: 1865 Points
3DMark Vantage - P GPU no PhysX 1280x1024
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min: 1545     avg: 1551 (12%)     max: 1556 Points
Windows 7 Experience Index - Graphics
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min: 5.3     avg: 5 (72%)     max: 5.3 points
Windows 7 Experience Index - Gaming graphics
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min: 6     avg: 6 (82%)     max: 6 points
Cinebench R11.5 - OpenGL 64Bit
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min: 11.27     avg: 11 (30%)     max: 11.29 Points
- Range of benchmark values for this graphics card
- Average benchmark values for this graphics card

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 detailled information on the benchmark results, click on the fps number.

Metro 2033
Metro 2033 (2010)
low:
25  fps      Compare
med.:
13  fps      Compare
» With most tested laptops not playable.
Battlefield: Bad Company 2
Battlefield: Bad Company 2 (2010)
low:
36  fps      Compare
med.:
21  fps      Compare
high:
14  fps      Compare
ultra:
9  fps      Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings low.
CoD Modern Warfare 2
CoD Modern Warfare 2 (2009)
low:
69  fps      Compare
med.:
23  fps      Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings low.
Risen
Risen (2009)
low:
47  fps      Compare
med.:
20  fps      Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings low.
Resident Evil 5
Resident Evil 5 (2009)
low:
44.8 48.1 ~ 46 fps      Compare
high:
21.7 21.8 ~ 22 fps      Compare
ultra:
9.4 9.7 ~ 10 fps      Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings low.
Need for Speed Shift (2009): Not playable with a weaker graphics card. - more...
Colin McRae: DIRT 2
Colin McRae: DIRT 2 (2009)
low:
42.9 43.6 ~ 43 fps      Compare
med.:
29.1 30.5 ~ 30 fps      Compare
high:
18  fps      Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings low.
Anno 1404
Anno 1404 (2009)
low:
59  fps      Compare
ultra:
12  fps      Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings low.
Sims 3
Sims 3 (2009)
low:
157  fps      Compare
med.:
53  fps      Compare
high:
17  fps      Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings med..
F.E.A.R. 2
F.E.A.R. 2 (2009)
low:
90  fps      Compare
med.:
38  fps      Compare