Intel GMA 3150 vs NVIDIA GeForce FX 5500 PCI

Comparative analysis of Intel GMA 3150 and NVIDIA GeForce FX 5500 PCI videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory.

Intel GMA 3150

NVIDIA GeForce FX 5500 PCI

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel GMA 3150

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 1 month(s) later
Around 48% higher core clock speed: 400 MHz vs 270 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 45 nm vs 140 nm

Launch date	9 May 2007 vs 17 March 2004
Core clock speed	400 MHz vs 270 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	45 nm vs 140 nm

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel GMA 3150	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5500 PCI
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 4.0	Rankine
Code name	Pineview	NV34 B1
Launch date	9 May 2007	17 March 2004
Place in performance rating	not rated	not rated
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	400 MHz	270 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	45 nm	140 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	13 Watt
Texture fill rate		1.08 GTexel / s
Transistor count		45 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCI	PCI
Length		165 mm
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	9.0c	9.0a
OpenGL	2.0	1.5 (2.1)
Memory
Maximum RAM amount		256 MB
Memory bandwidth		6.4 GB / s
Memory bus width		128 Bit
Memory clock speed		400 MHz
Memory type		DDR