Intel HD Graphics 3000 vs NVIDIA GeForce 310M

Comparative analysis of Intel HD Graphics 3000 and NVIDIA GeForce 310M videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. 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), Geekbench - OpenCL.

Intel HD Graphics 3000

NVIDIA GeForce 310M

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel HD Graphics 3000

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 0 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 32 nm vs 40 nm
2.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 261 vs 124
Around 59% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 35 vs 22

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 February 2011 vs 10 January 2010
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm vs 40 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	261 vs 124
PassMark - G2D Mark	35 vs 22

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 310M

Around 80% higher core clock speed: 1530 MHz vs 850 MHz
2.9x more texture fill rate: 5 GTexel / s vs 1.7 GTexel / s
Around 33% higher pipelines: 16 vs 12
2.4x better floating-point performance: 48.96 gflops vs 20.4 gflops
11.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1167 vs 101
11.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1167 vs 101

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1530 MHz vs 850 MHz
Texture fill rate	5 GTexel / s vs 1.7 GTexel / s
Pipelines	16 vs 12
Floating-point performance	48.96 gflops vs 20.4 gflops
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1167 vs 101
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1167 vs 101

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel HD Graphics 3000
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 310M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

261

124

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

101

1167

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

101

1167

Name	Intel HD Graphics 3000	NVIDIA GeForce 310M
PassMark - G3D Mark	261	124
PassMark - G2D Mark	35	22
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1137
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1137
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	101	1167
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	101	1167
Geekbench - OpenCL		2949

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel HD Graphics 3000	NVIDIA GeForce 310M
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 6.0	Tesla 2.0
Code name	Sandy Bridge GT2	GT218
Launch date	1 February 2011	10 January 2010
Place in performance rating	1604	1673
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1100 MHz
Core clock speed	850 MHz	1530 MHz
Floating-point performance	20.4 gflops	48.96 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	12	16
Texture fill rate	1.7 GTexel / s	5 GTexel / s
Transistor count	995 million	260 million
CUDA cores		16
Gigaflops		73
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		14 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	DisplayPortHDMIVGADual Link DVISingle Link DVI
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Bus support		PCI-E 2.0
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	10.1	10.1
OpenGL	3.1	3.3
Memory
Memory bus width	64 / 128 Bit	64 Bit
Shared memory	1	0
Memory bandwidth		12.64 GB / s
Memory type		GDDR3, DDR3
Technologies
CUDA
HybridPower
Power management		8.0