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NVIDIA GeForce G 102M vs NVIDIA GeForce G 103M

NVIDIA GeForce G 102M

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The Nvidia GeForce G 102M is an integrated (onboard) graphics card for laptops with dedicated graphics memory. Instead of GDDR memory, cheap DDR2 or DDR3 main memory modules can be used. Therefore, the performance lies beyond  the Geforce G 105M. The core of the G102 M is based on the 9400M G core.

The performance of the G 102M should be slightly above the old 9400M G and compareable to other entry level GPUs like the  GeForce 9300M GS. Therefore, the graphics adapater is able to display older games (like Doom3) in high details fluently and new (not too demanding games) in low details fluently.

The current consumption of the mGPU should be a bit higher than the 9400M because of the used descrete DDR2 or DDR3 memory (9400M has a 12 Watt TDP for the whole chipset.

The chipset supports Hybrid-SLI (HybridPower) in conjunction with some GeForce 9x00M cards like the 9600M GT. HybridPower is a technique to choose between the integrated and dedicated graphics core, if performance or battery runtime is needed. Up to now the user has to use a tool to switch between the GPUs. (in Windows Vista, XP is not supported and MacOs needs a reboot according to Nvidia - at time of announcement). GeForceBoost to boost the performance (using SLI) is not supported in the MacBook Pro.

As the 9500M G, the Geforce G102M features 16 stream processors that do the work of the former dedicated pixel- and vertex-shaders. The unified shaders of Nvidia are 1-dimensional (AMD has 5-dimensional shaders which leads to the higher number of shaders).

The 102M can help the CPU in decoding HD videos. It features the PureVideo HD engine (VP3 video processor). Furthermore, the chip can be programmed using CUDA and can accellerate some operations in Photoshop CS4.

NVIDIA GeForce G 103M

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The NVidia GeForce G 103M is an entry level graphics card for laptops and should be similar to the GeForce G 105M (see for more information).

NVIDIA GeForce G 102MNVIDIA GeForce G 103M
GeForce G 100M Series
GeForce G 110M compare 16 @ 0.4 GHz64 Bit @ 700 MHz
GeForce G 107M compare 16
GeForce G 105M compare 8 @ 0.64 GHz64 Bit @ 700 MHz
GeForce G 103M 8 @ 0.64 GHz64 Bit @ 500 MHz
GeForce G 102M 16 @ 0.45 GHz
GeForce G 110M compare 16 @ 0.4 GHz64 Bit @ 700 MHz
GeForce G 107M compare 16
GeForce G 105M compare 8 @ 0.64 GHz64 Bit @ 700 MHz
GeForce G 103M 8 @ 0.64 GHz64 Bit @ 500 MHz
GeForce G 102M 16 @ 0.45 GHz
CodenameMCP75G98
ArchitectureG9xG9x
Pipelines16 - unified8 - unified
Core Speed450 MHz640 MHz
Shader Speed1100 MHz1600 MHz
Memory TypeDDR2, DDR3DDR2
Max. Amount of Memory512 MB512 MB
Shared Memoryyesno
APIDirectX 10.0, Shader 4.0DirectX 10.0, Shader 4.0
Transistors282 Million
technology65 nm65 nm
FeaturesPureVideo HD VP3
Date of Announcement03.03.2009 01.09.2009
Memory Speed500 MHz
Memory Bus Width64 Bit

Benchmarks

3DMark Vantage
3DM Vant. Perf. total + NVIDIA GeForce G 103M
3DMark Vantage - 3DM Vant. Perf. total
366 Points (0%)
3DM Vant. Perf. GPU no PhysX + NVIDIA GeForce G 103M
3DMark Vantage - 3DM Vant. Perf. GPU no PhysX
281 Points (0%)
3DMark 2001SE - 3DMark 2001 - Standard
min: 10697     avg: 10723     median: 10723 (11%)     max: 10749 Points
13833 Points (14%)
3DMark 03 - 3DMark 03 - Standard
min: 4345     avg: 4353     median: 4352.5 (2%)     max: 4360 Points
6260 Points (3%)
3DMark 05 - 3DMark 05 - Standard
min: 2719     avg: 2723     median: 2723 (3%)     max: 2727 Points
3DMark 06 3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x1024 + NVIDIA GeForce G 102M
3DMark 06
1409 Points (2%)
3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x1024 + NVIDIA GeForce G 103M
1885 Points (2%)
3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x720 + NVIDIA GeForce G 102M
3DMark 06
min: 1357     avg: 1470     median: 1469.5 (2%)     max: 1582 Points
3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x768 + NVIDIA GeForce G 103M
3DMark 06
2186 Points (3%)
Windows Vista Experience Index - Windows Vista Leistungsindex - Grafik (Spiele)
4.7 Points (69%)
Windows Vista Experience Index - Windows Vista Leistungsindex - Grafik
4.8 Points (71%)
Cinebench R10 Cinebench R10 Shading (32bit) + NVIDIA GeForce G 102M
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Shading (32bit)
min: 2354     avg: 2582     median: 2581.5 (2%)     max: 2809 Points
Cinebench R10 Shading (32bit) + NVIDIA GeForce G 103M
2131 Points (2%)

Average Benchmarks NVIDIA GeForce G 102M → 100% n=4

Average Benchmarks NVIDIA GeForce G 103M → 122% n=4

- Range of benchmark values for this graphics card
- Average benchmark values for this graphics card
* Smaller numbers mean a higher performance
1 This benchmark is not used for the average calculation

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

Anno 1404

Anno 1404

2009
low 1024x768
100%
GeForce G 102M:
48  fps
ultra 1280x1024
100%
GeForce G 102M:
5  fps
F.E.A.R. 2

F.E.A.R. 2

2009
low 800x600
100%
GeForce G 102M:
37  fps
med. 1024x768
100%
GeForce G 102M:
13  fps
high 1280x1024
100%
GeForce G 102M:
7  fps
Left 4 Dead

Left 4 Dead

2008
low 640x480
100%
GeForce G 102M:
68  fps
high 1024x768
100%
GeForce G 102M:
21  fps
Racedriver: GRID

Racedriver: GRID

2008
low 800x600
100%
GeForce G 102M:
44  fps
med. 1024x768
100%
GeForce G 102M:
14  fps
high 1280x1024
100%
GeForce G 102M:
7  fps
Call of Duty 4 - Modern Warfare

Call of Duty 4 - Modern Warfare

2007
low 800x600
100%
GeForce G 102M:
80  fps
med. 1024x768
100%
GeForce G 102M:
27  fps
high 1280x1024
100%
GeForce G 102M:
10  fps
Crysis - GPU Benchmark

Crysis - GPU Benchmark

2007
low 1024x768
100%
GeForce G 102M:
20.3 28 ~ 24 fps
med. 1024x768
100%
GeForce G 102M:
10.4 12 ~ 11 fps
high 1024x768
100%
GeForce G 102M:
5.8 6 ~ 6 fps
Crysis - CPU Benchmark

Crysis - CPU Benchmark

2007
low 1024x768
100%
GeForce G 102M:
19.2 25 ~ 22 fps
med. 1024x768
100%
GeForce G 102M:
9.8 11 ~ 10 fps
high 1024x768
100%
GeForce G 102M:
5 5.2 ~ 5 fps
World in Conflict - Benchmark

World in Conflict - Benchmark

2007
med. 1024x768
100%
GeForce G 102M:
8  fps
high 1024x768
100%
GeForce G 102M:
5  fps
Call of Juarez Benchmark

Call of Juarez Benchmark

2006
high 1024x768
100%
GeForce G 102M:
4  fps
Half Life 2 - Lost Coast Benchmark

Half Life 2 - Lost Coast Benchmark

2005
high 1024x768
100%
GeForce G 102M:
61  fps
F.E.A.R.

F.E.A.R.

2005
low 640x480
100%
GeForce G 102M:
189  fps
med. 800x600
100%
GeForce G 102M:
49  fps
high 1024x768
100%
GeForce G 102M:
10  fps
Counter-Strike Source

Counter-Strike Source

2004
high 1024x768
100%
GeForce G 102M:
79  fps
Quake 3 Arena - Timedemo

Quake 3 Arena - Timedemo

1999
high 1024x768
100%
GeForce G 102M:
171  fps

Average Gaming NVIDIA GeForce G 102M → 100%

Average Gaming 30-70 fps → 100%

NVIDIA GeForce G 102Mlowmed.highultraQHD4K
Anno 1404485
F.E.A.R. 237137
Left 4 Dead6821
Racedriver: GRID44147
Call of Duty 4 - Modern Warfare802710
Crysis - GPU Benchmark24116
Crysis - CPU Benchmark22105
World in Conflict - Benchmark85
Call of Juarez Benchmark4
Half Life 2 - Lost Coast Benchmark61
F.E.A.R.1894910
Counter-Strike Source79
Quake 3 Arena - Timedemo171
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≥ 120 fps
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