Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 3150 vs NVIDIA GeForce 310M

Comparative analysis of Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 3150 and NVIDIA GeForce 310M videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Memory, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 3150

  • 3.9x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 86 vs 22
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 86 vs 22

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 310M

  • 8x more pipelines: 16 vs 2
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 45 nm
  • 41.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 124 vs 3
Specifications (specs)
Pipelines 16 vs 2
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm vs 45 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 124 vs 3

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 3150
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 310M

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
3
124
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
86
22
Name Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 3150 NVIDIA GeForce 310M
PassMark - G3D Mark 3 124
PassMark - G2D Mark 86 22
Geekbench - OpenCL 2949
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1167
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1167

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 3150 NVIDIA GeForce 310M

Essentials

Code name Pineview GT218
Launch date 10 January 2010 10 January 2010
Place in performance rating 1472 1673
Type Laptop Laptop
Architecture Tesla 2.0

Technical info

Boost clock speed 200 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 45 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 2 16
Transistor count 123 Million 260 million
Core clock speed 1530 MHz
CUDA cores 16
Floating-point performance 48.96 gflops
Gigaflops 73
Texture fill rate 5 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 14 Watt

Memory

Shared memory yes 0
Memory bandwidth 12.64 GB / s
Memory bus width 64 Bit
Memory type GDDR3, DDR3

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors DisplayPortHDMIVGADual Link DVISingle Link DVI
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
Multi monitor support

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support PCI-E 2.0
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None

API support

DirectX 10.1
OpenGL 3.3

Technologies

CUDA
HybridPower
Power management 8.0