NVIDIA GeForce 310M

The Nvidia GeForce 310M is an entry level laptop graphics card and the successor of the G 210M and therefore based on the same GT218 core with very similar clock rates (shader speed +30MHz). However, there are also newer versions that are clocked at 606 MHz and therefore slightly slower. Nvidia states that the raw performance is 73 Gigaflops compared to the 72 Gigaflops of the G210M. Therefore, the 310M is an entry level dedicated graphics card for small laptops.
The performance of the 310M is similar to the GeForce G 210M and therefore located in the entry level class. Modern 3D games like COD Modern Warfare 2 run only in low details and resolutions fluently. Some demanding games like NFS Shift or GTA4 wont run fluently at all. Less demanding games like SIMS 3 run in medium details and resolutions fluently. Therefore, the graphics card can not be recommended for gamers.
The card supports DirectX 10.1 and all the features of the G 210M (as it should be based on the same GT218 core). Therefore PureVideo HD to decode HD videos with the graphics card is supported. The used Video Processor 4 (VP4) is able to fully decode H.264, VC-1, MPEG-2, and also MPEG-4 ASP (DivX or xVID) in hardware to minimize CPU load. MPEG-1 is not supported but can be easily handled by every modern CPU.
As the 310M supports CUDA, DirectX Compute 10.1, and OpenCL, the shaders of the graphics processor can be used for other tasks than rendering images (e.g. faster encoding of videos).
The used GT218 core is manufactured in 40nm and based on the desktop GTX 200 architecture. Therefore, the shaders have been reworked compared to the old GeForce G110M for an improved performance and battery runtime.
| Manufacturer | NVIDIA |
| GeForce 300M Series | GeForce 320M 32@450MHz GeForce 310M 16@606 / 625MHz GeForce 315M 16@606MHz GeForce 305M 16@525MHz |
| Codename | N11M-GE1 |
| Pipelines | 16 - unified |
| Core Speed * | 606 / 625 MHz |
| Shader Speed * | 1212 / 1530 MHz |
| Memory Speed * | 800 MHz |
| Memory Bus Width | 64 Bit |
| Memory Type | GDDR3, DDR3 |
| Max. Amount of Memory | 512 MB |
| Shared Memory | no |
| DirectX | DirectX 10.1, Shader 4.1 |
| Transistors | 260 Million |
| technology | 40 nm |
| Features | DirectX Compute Support (Windows 7), CUDA, OpenCL, OpenGL 2.1, HybridPower |
| Date of Announcement | 10.01.2010 |
| Information | 73 Gigaflops |
| Link to Manufacturer Page | http://www.nvidia.com/object/product_gef... |
Benchmarks
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.
For more games that might be playable and a list of all games and graphics cards visit our Gaming List
Notebook reviews with NVIDIA GeForce 310M graphics card
Acer Aspire 4740G (Intel Core i3 330M, 14.0")
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Acer Aspire 4741G (Intel Core i3 330M, 14.0")
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Acer Aspire 5745G-971096 (Intel Core i5 450M, 15.6")
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Acer Aspire 5745PG-354G32Mns (Intel Core i3 350M, 15.6")
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Acer Aspire 5745PG-374G50Mks (Intel Core i3 370M, 16.4")
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Acer TravelMate 8372G (Intel Core i5 520M, 13.3")
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Acer TravelMate 8372TG (Intel Core i3 350M, 13.3")
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Acer TravelMate 8372TG-5454G50Mnbb (Intel Core i5 450M, 13.3")
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Acer Travelmate 8572TG-5453G32Mikk (Intel Core i5 460M, 15.6")
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Acer TravelMate TimelineX 8372TG-354G64N (Intel Core i3 350M, 13.3")
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Asus A42JC (Intel Core i3 370M, 14.0")
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Asus K50IP (Intel Pentium Dual Core T4400, 15.6")
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Asus K52JC (Intel Core i5 430M, 15.6")
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Asus K52JC-EX089V (Intel Core i5 430M, 15.6")
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Asus K52JC-EX144V (Intel Core i3 370M, 15.6")
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Asus P42JC-VO012X (Intel Core i5 450M, 14.0")
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Asus P52JC-SO009X (Intel Core i3 370M, 15.6")
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Asus P52JC-SO012X (Intel Core i5 450M, 15.6")
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Asus PL30JT-RO030V (Intel Core i5 520UM, 13.3")
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Asus PL30JT-RO030X (Intel Core i5 520UM, 13.3")
» Review Asus PL30JT-RO030X Subnotebook - Review
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Asus PL80J (Intel Core i5 520UM, 14.0")
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Asus PL80JT-WO065V (Intel Core i5 430UM, 14.0")
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Asus U30Jc-A1 (Intel Core i3 350M, 13.3")
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Asus U30JC-A1/QX043V (Intel Core i5 430M, 13.3")
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Asus U33Jc-A1 (Intel Core i3 370M, 13.3")
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Asus U33JC-RX040V Bamboo (Intel Core i3 350M, 13.3")
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Asus U33JC-RX044V (Intel Core i5 430M, 13.3")
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Asus U33JC-RX099V (Intel Core i5 450M, 13.3")
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Asus U33JC-RX168V (Intel Core i3 380M, 13.3")
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Asus U35Jc (Intel Core i3 370M, 13.3")
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Asus U35JC-A1 (Intel Core i3 370M, 13.3")
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Asus U35JC-RX080V (Intel Core i3 370M, 13.3")
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Asus U36J (Intel Core i3 380M, 13.3")
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Asus U36JC-A1 (Intel Core i5 460M, 13.3")
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Asus U36JC-B1 (Intel Core i5 480M, 13.3")
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Asus U36JC-RX081V (Intel Core i5 480M, 13.3")
» Review Asus U36JC-RX081V Notebook - Review
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Asus U36JC-RX108V (Intel Core i5 480M, 13.3")
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Asus U36JC-RX109V (Intel Core i5 480M, 13.3")
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Asus U36JC-RX197X (Intel Core i5 480M, 13.3")
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Asus U43j (Intel Core i5 540M, 14.0")
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Asus U43Jc (Intel Core i5 450M, 14.0")
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Asus U45Jc-A1 (Intel Core i3 370M, 14.0")
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Asus U53JC (Intel Core i5 450M, 15.6")
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Asus U53JC Bamboo (Intel Core i7 620M, 15.6")
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Asus U53JC-XX096V (Intel Core i7 620M, 15.6")
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Asus UL30JT (Intel Core i5 520UM, 13.3")
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Asus UL80J-BBK5 (Intel Core i3 330UM, 14.0")
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Asus UL80Jt (Intel Core i7 620UM, 14.0")
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Asus UL80JT-A1 (Intel Core i3 330M, 14.0")
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Dell Vostro 3300 (Intel Core i5 430M, 13.3")
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Dell Vostro 3400 (Intel Core i5 430M, 14.0")
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Dell Vostro 3500 (Intel Core i5 430M, 15.6")
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Fujitsu LifeBook LH700 (Intel Core i5 520M, 14.0")
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Fujitsu LifeBook SH760 (Intel Core i7 620M, 13.3")
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Fujitsu LifeBook SH760C (Intel Core i7 620M, 13.3")
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Gateway EC39C (Intel Core i5 470UM, 13.3")
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Gateway NV5934u (Intel Core i3 330M, 15.6")
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Gigabyte Booktop T1125N (Intel Core i5 470UM, 11.6")
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Lenovo B560-M488TGE (Intel Pentium P6100, 15.6")
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Lenovo B560A (Intel Core i3 370M, 15.6")
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Lenovo Ideapad G560 (Intel Core i5 540M, 15.6")
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Lenovo Ideapad G560 (M2756GE) (Intel Core i3 350M, 15.6")
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Lenovo Ideapad G560-M274YGE (Intel Core i5 450M, 15.6")
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Lenovo Ideapad G560-M27A4GE (Intel Core i3 370M, 15.6")
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Lenovo IdeaPad V460 (Intel Core i5 430M, 14.0")
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Lenovo IdeaPad V560 (Intel Core i3 370M, 15.6")
» Review Lenovo IdeaPad V560 Notebook - Review
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Lenovo Ideapad V560-59057439 (Intel Core i5 460M, 15.6")
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Lenovo IdeaPad Z360 (Intel Core i5 450M, 13.3")
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Lenovo Ideapad Z360-M3597GE (Intel Core i5 450M, 15.6")
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Lenovo IdeaPad Z460A (Intel Pentium P6200, 14.0")
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Lenovo IdeaPad Z560-M37AQGE (Intel Core i5 430M, 15.6")
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MSI CX623-258UK (Intel Core i3 380M, 15.6")
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MSI CX623-i5647W7P (Intel Core i5 460M, 15.6")
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Packard Bell EasyNote Butterfly S (Intel Core i5 520UM, 13.3")
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Packard Bell Easynote TX86 (Intel Core i5 430M, 15.6")
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Packard Bell Easynote TX86-JN-021FR (Intel Core i3 370M, 15.6")
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Packard Bell EasyNote TX86-JO-045UK (Intel Core i5 430M, 15.6")
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Packard Bell NX86-JN-011FR (Intel Core i3 350M, 14.0")
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Samsung E372 (Intel Core i3 350M, 17.3")
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Samsung Q230-JS03 (Intel Core i5 520M, 12.1")
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Samsung Q330-JA03xx (Intel Core i3 370M, 13.3")
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Samsung Q330-JS01 (Intel Core i3 350M, 13.3")
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Samsung Q330-JS03AU (Intel Core i3 350M, 13.3")
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Samsung Q330-JS03DE Suri (Intel Core i3 350M, 13.3")
» Review Samsung Q330 Suri Subnotebook - Review
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Samsung Q330-JS04 (Intel Core i3 370M, 13.3")
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Samsung Q330-PS55 (Intel Core i5 450M, 13.3")
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Samsung Q430 (Intel Core i5 450M, 14.0")
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Samsung Q430-11 (Intel Core i5 450M, 14.0")
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Samsung Q430-JS02UK (Intel Core i3 350M, 14.0")
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Samsung Q530-JT01 (Intel Core i3 350M, 15.6")
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Samsung QX310-S01FR (Intel Core i5 460M, 13.3")
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Samsung QX310-S02DE (Intel Core i5 460M, 13.3")
» Review Samsung QX310 Subnotebook - Review
» Samsung QX310-S02DE - External Review
Samsung QX410-J01 (Intel Core i5 460M, 14.0")
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Samsung R480L (Intel Core i3 330M, 14.0")
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Samsung R580 (Intel Core i7 720QM, 15.6")
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Samsung R580-JS05UK (Intel Core i5 430M, 15.6")
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Samsung R730-JS01FR (Intel Pentium Dual Core T4400, 17.3")
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Samsung R730-JS04 (Intel Core 2 Duo T6600, 17.3")
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Samsung R730-JT06 (Intel Core i3 370M, 17.3")
» Review Samsung R730-JT06 Notebook - Review
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Samsung SF310 (Intel Core i5 460M, 13.3")
» Samsung SF310 - External Review
Samsung SF310-S01FR (Intel Core i3 370M, 13.3")
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Samsung SF310-S02UK (Intel Core i5 460M, 13.3")
» Samsung SF310-S02UK - External Review
Samsung SF310-S04UK (Intel Core i5 480M, 13.3")
» Samsung SF310-S04UK - External Review
Samsung SF410-S02 (Intel Core i5 460M, 14.0")
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Samsung SF510-S01CZ (Intel Core i5 460M, 15.6")
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Samsung SF510-S02DE (Intel Core i3 370M, 15.6")
» Review Samsung SF510 Notebook - Review
» Samsung SF510-S02DE - External Review
Samsung SF510-S04DE (Intel Core i3 380M, 15.6")
» Samsung SF510-S04DE - External Review
Samsung SF510-S55 (Intel Core i5 460M, 15.6")
» Samsung SF510-S55 - External Review
Sony Vaio VPC-S11M1E (Intel Core i3 330M, 13.3")
» Review Sony Vaio VPC-S11M1E Notebook - Review
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Sony Vaio VPC-S13V9E/B (Intel Core i3 370M, 13.3")
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Sony Vaio VPCCW21FD (Intel Core i3 330M, 14.0")
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Sony Vaio VPCF111FX (Intel Core i7 720QM, 16.4")
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Sony Vaio VPCF113FXH (Intel Core i7 720QM, 16.4")
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Sony VAIO VPCF121GX (Intel Core i7 740QM, 16.4")
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Sony Vaio VPCF12AFM/H (Intel Core i3 350M, 16.4")
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Sony Vaio VPCS11M9R/B (Intel Core i5 520M, 13.3")
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Sony Vaio VPCS11V9E (Intel Core i5 520M, 13.3")
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Sony Vaio VPCS12V9E/B (Intel Core i5 520M, 13.3")
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Toshiba Satellite A505-S6025 (Intel Core i3 330M, 16.0")
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Toshiba Satellite A660-14C (Intel Core i3 330M, 15.6")
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Toshiba Satellite A660-18N (Intel Core i7 740QM, 16.0")
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Toshiba Satellite A665-S6070 (Intel Core i7 720QM, 16.0")
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Toshiba Satellite A665-S6088 (Intel Core i5 460M, 16.0")
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Toshiba Satellite A665-S6094 (Intel Core i7 740QM, 15.6")
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Toshiba Satellite E200 (Intel Core i5 520M, 14.0")
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Toshiba Satellite E205-S1980 (Intel Core i5 460M, 14.0")
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Toshiba Satellite M645-S4050 (Intel Core i5 450M, 14.0")
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Toshiba Satellite P505-S8010 (Intel Core i3 330M, 18.4")
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Toshiba Satellite Pro U500-1E6 (Intel Core i5 430M, 13.3")
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Toshiba Satellite U500-1D6 (Intel Core i5 430M, 13.3")
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14 benchmarks and specifications
14 benchmarks and specifications