Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 3150 vs NVIDIA Quadro NVS 420

Comparative analysis of Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 3150 and NVIDIA Quadro NVS 420 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Memory, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support. 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 Quadro NVS 420

Differences

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

Videocard is newer: launch date 11 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 45 nm vs 65 nm

Launch date	10 January 2010 vs 20 January 2009
Manufacturing process technology	45 nm vs 65 nm

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro NVS 420

8x more pipelines: 2x 8 vs 2
34.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 103 vs 3
Around 66% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 143 vs 86

Specifications (specs)
Pipelines	2x 8 vs 2
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	103 vs 3
PassMark - G2D Mark	143 vs 86

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 3150
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro NVS 420

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

103

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

143

Name	Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 3150	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 420
PassMark - G3D Mark	3	103
PassMark - G2D Mark	86	143
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		658
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		658

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 3150	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 420
Essentials
Code name	Pineview	G98
Launch date	10 January 2010	20 January 2009
Place in performance rating	1450	1453
Type	Laptop	Workstation
Architecture		Tesla
Launch price (MSRP)		$131.43
Price now		$80.99
Value for money (0-100)		1.61
Technical info
Boost clock speed	200 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	45 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	2	2x 8
Transistor count	123 Million	210 million
Core clock speed		550 MHz
Floating-point performance		2x 22.4 gflops
Texture fill rate		2x 4.4 GTexel / s billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		40 Watt
Memory
Shared memory	yes
Maximum RAM amount		2x 256 MB
Memory bandwidth		2x 11.2 GB / s
Memory bus width		2x 64 Bit
Memory clock speed		1400 MHz
Memory type		GDDR3
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors		No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface		PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX		10.0
OpenGL		3.3