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).

 

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
  • 36.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 217 vs 6
Specifications (specs)
Pipelines 48 vs 4
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm vs 45 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 217 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
6
217
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
58
43
Name Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 600 NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M
PassMark - G3D Mark 6 217
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