Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 600 vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M

Comparative analysis of Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 600 and NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, API support, Memory, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, 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).

Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 600

NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 600

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 month(s) later
Around 35% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 58 vs 43

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 May 2010 vs 10 January 2010
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	58 vs 43

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M

12x more pipelines: 48 vs 4
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 45 nm
36x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 216 vs 6

Specifications (specs)
Pipelines	48 vs 4
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 45 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	216 vs 6

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 600
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

216

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

Name	Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 600	NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M
PassMark - G3D Mark	6	216
PassMark - G2D Mark	58	43
Geekbench - OpenCL		5251
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		1903
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		1903

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 600	NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M
Essentials
Architecture	PowerVR SGX5	Tesla 2.0
Code name	GMA 600	GT216
Launch date	1 May 2010	10 January 2010
Place in performance rating	1575	1577
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	400 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	45 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	4	48
CUDA cores		48
Floating-point performance		121.44 gflops
Gigaflops		182
Texture fill rate		9.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		23 Watt
Transistor count		486 million
API support
DirectX	9.0c	10.1
OpenGL		2.1
Memory
Shared memory	yes	0
Maximum RAM amount		1 GB
Memory bandwidth		25.6 GB / s
Memory bus width		128 Bit
Memory type		GDDR2, GDDR3, DDR3
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors		HDMIDual Link DVISingle Link DVIVGADisplayPort
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support		PCI-E 2.0
Interface		MXM-A (3.0)
Laptop size		medium sized
Technologies
CUDA
HybridPower
Power management		8.0
SLI