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 32 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.
GeForce 300M Series
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| Codename | MCP89 | ||||||||||||
| Architecture | GT2xx | ||||||||||||
| Pipelines | 32 - unified | ||||||||||||
| Core Speed | 450 MHz | ||||||||||||
| Shader Speed | 950 MHz | ||||||||||||
| Shared Memory | yes | ||||||||||||
| API | DirectX 10.1, Shader 4.1 | ||||||||||||
| technology | 40 nm | ||||||||||||
| Date of Announcement | 01.04.2010 | ||||||||||||
- Average benchmark values for this graphics cardThe 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.
| low | med. | high | ultra | QHD | 4K | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Call of Duty: Black Ops | 41 | 28 | 7 | |||
| Fifa 11 | 130 | 66 | 57 | 29 | ||
| Mafia 2 | 28.4 | 23.4 | 19.3 | 12 | ||
| StarCraft 2 | 110 | 26 | 15 | 8 | ||
| Metro 2033 | 25 | 13 | ||||
| Battlefield: Bad Company 2 | 36 | 21 | 14 | 9 | ||
| CoD Modern Warfare 2 | 69 | 23 | ||||
| Risen | 47 | 20 | ||||
| Resident Evil 5 | 41 | 21 | 9 | |||
| Colin McRae: DIRT 2 | 40 | 28 | 18 | |||
| Anno 1404 | 59 | 12 | ||||
| Sims 3 | 157 | 53 | 17 | |||
| F.E.A.R. 2 | 90 | 38 | 22 | |||
| GTA IV - Grand Theft Auto | 29.8 | 16.9 | ||||
| Left 4 Dead | 78 | 47 | ||||
| Far Cry 2 | 54.9 | 21.2 | ||||
| Crysis Warhead | 58 | 8.7 | ||||
| Trackmania Nations Forever | 89 | 75.5 | 47.3 | |||
| Call of Duty 4 - Modern Warfare | 112 | 41 | 20 | |||
| Supreme Commander - FA Bench | 24 | 19.9 | 16 | |||
| Crysis - GPU Benchmark | 36.5 | 16.4 | 11.5 | |||
| Crysis - CPU Benchmark | 40.2 | 27.5 | 11.9 | |||
| World in Conflict - Benchmark | 102 | 34 | 15 | |||
| Half Life 2 - Lost Coast Benchmark | 87.5 | |||||
| Quake 4 | 62 | 62 | 34 | |||
| World of Warcraft | 132 | 104 | 23 | |||
| Counter-Strike Source | 88 | |||||
| Doom 3 | 109.9 | 104.4 | 29.6 | |||
| Quake 3 Arena - Timedemo | 366.2 | |||||
| < 30 fps < 60 fps < 120 fps ≥ 120 fps | 4 10 9 3 | 12 4 2 | 14 2 5 1 | 9 2 | | |
For more games that might be playable and a list of all games and graphics cards visit our Gaming List
Apple published some performance figures of the new GeForce 320M compared to the older GeForce 9400M. According to this chart the 320M should be up to 80% faster than the old GPU in the MBP 13.
Apple Macbook Air 13 inch 2010-10: Intel Core 2 Duo SL9400, 13.30", 1.3 kg
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Apple MacBook Air 11 inch 2010-10 : Intel Core 2 Duo SU9400, 11.60", 1.1 kg
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Acer Aspire 5745PG-354G32Mn : Intel Core i3-370M, 15.60", 2.7 kg
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Apple MacBook 2010-05: Intel Core 2 Duo P8600, 13.30", 2.2 kg
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Apple MacBook Pro 13 inch 2010-04: Intel Core 2 Duo P8600, 13.30", 2 kg
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