Intel HD Graphics 3000 vs ATI Radeon 8500

Comparative analysis of Intel HD Graphics 3000 and ATI Radeon 8500 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

Intel HD Graphics 3000

ATI Radeon 8500

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel HD Graphics 3000

Videocard is newer: launch date 9 year(s) 5 month(s) later
3.1x more core clock speed: 850 MHz vs 275 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 32 nm vs 150 nm
37.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 261 vs 7

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 February 2011 vs 14 August 2001
Core clock speed	850 MHz vs 275 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm vs 150 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	261 vs 7

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon 8500

Around 29% higher texture fill rate: 2.2 GTexel / s vs 1.7 GTexel / s
4.2x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 146 vs 35

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	2.2 GTexel / s vs 1.7 GTexel / s
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	146 vs 35

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel HD Graphics 3000
GPU 2: ATI Radeon 8500

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

261

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

146

Name	Intel HD Graphics 3000	ATI Radeon 8500
PassMark - G3D Mark	261	7
PassMark - G2D Mark	35	146
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1137
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1137
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	101
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	101

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel HD Graphics 3000	ATI Radeon 8500
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 6.0	Rage 7
Code name	Sandy Bridge GT2	R200
Launch date	1 February 2011	14 August 2001
Place in performance rating	1604	1165
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1100 MHz
Core clock speed	850 MHz	275 MHz
Floating-point performance	20.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm	150 nm
Pipelines	12
Texture fill rate	1.7 GTexel / s	2.2 GTexel / s
Transistor count	995 million	60 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		23 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	AGP 4x
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	10.1	8.1
OpenGL	3.1	1.4
Memory
Memory bus width	64 / 128 Bit	128 Bit
Shared memory	1
Maximum RAM amount		64 MB
Memory bandwidth		8.8 GB / s
Memory clock speed		550 MHz
Memory type		DDR