Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 3150 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260M

Comparative analysis of Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 3150 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260M 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 GTX 260M

Differences

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

Videocard is newer: launch date 10 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 45 nm vs 65 nm
2x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 86 vs 43

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	10 January 2010 vs 3 March 2009
Manufacturing process technology	45 nm vs 65 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	86 vs 43

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260M

56x more pipelines: 112 vs 2
126.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 379 vs 3

Specifications (specs)
Pipelines	112 vs 2
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	379 vs 3

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 3150
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

379

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

Name	Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 3150	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260M
PassMark - G3D Mark	3	379
PassMark - G2D Mark	86	43
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3085
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3085

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 3150	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260M
Essentials
Code name	Pineview	G92
Launch date	10 January 2010	3 March 2009
Place in performance rating	1449	1451
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Architecture		Tesla
Technical info
Boost clock speed	200 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	45 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	2	112
Transistor count	123 Million	754 million
Core clock speed		1375 MHz
CUDA cores		112
Floating-point performance		308 gflops
Gigaflops		462
Texture fill rate		31 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		65 Watt
Memory
Shared memory	yes	0
Maximum RAM amount		1 GB
Memory bandwidth		61 GB / s
Memory bus width		256 Bit
Memory type		GDDR3
Video outputs and ports
Audio input for HDMI		S / PDIF
Display Connectors		DisplayPortSingle Link DVIDual Link DVIVGALVDSHDMI
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support		PCI-E 2.0
Interface		PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size		large
MXM Type		MXM 3.0 Type-B
SLI options		2-way
API support
DirectX		10.0
OpenGL		2.1
Technologies
CUDA
HybridPower
Power management		8.0
PureVideo HD