Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 3150 vs NVIDIA GeForce 9700M GTS

Comparative analysis of Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 3150 and NVIDIA GeForce 9700M GTS 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, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 3150

NVIDIA GeForce 9700M GTS

Differences

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

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 5 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 45 nm vs 65 nm
2.3x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 86 vs 38

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	10 January 2010 vs 29 July 2008
Manufacturing process technology	45 nm vs 65 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	86 vs 38

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9700M GTS

24x more pipelines: 48 vs 2
92.7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 278 vs 3

Specifications (specs)
Pipelines	48 vs 2
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	278 vs 3

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 3150
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 9700M GTS

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

278

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

Name	Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 3150	NVIDIA GeForce 9700M GTS
PassMark - G3D Mark	3	278
PassMark - G2D Mark	86	38
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3297
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3297

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 3150	NVIDIA GeForce 9700M GTS
Essentials
Code name	Pineview	G94
Launch date	10 January 2010	29 July 2008
Place in performance rating	1449	1452
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Architecture		Tesla
Technical info
Boost clock speed	200 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	45 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	2	48
Transistor count	123 Million	505 million
Core clock speed		530 MHz
CUDA cores		48
Floating-point performance		127.2 gflops
Gigaflops		180
Texture fill rate		12.72 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		60 Watt
Memory
Shared memory	yes	0
Maximum RAM amount		512 MB
Memory bandwidth		51.2 GB / s
Memory bus width		256 Bit
Memory clock speed		1600 MHz
Memory type		GDDR3
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors		No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface		PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size		large
API support
DirectX		10.0
OpenGL		3.3
Technologies
CUDA
HybridPower
PureVideo HD